“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”
Benjamin Franklin (verified)
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“That is just it, work is my element; I was born and made for it. I have found the limits of my legs; I have found the limits of my eyes; but I have never been able to find the limits of my labour.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte (verified, secondary source)“In short, the Way to Wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the Way to Market. It depends chiefly on two Words, Industry and Frugality; i.e. Waste neither Time nor Money, but make the best Use of both. He that gets all he can honestly, and saves all he gets (necessary Expences excepted) will certainly become Rich.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Have you something to do tomorrow; do it today.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“All things are easy to industry, all things difficult to sloth.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Be always ashamed to catch thyself idle.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“At the working man’s house hunger looks in but dares not enter.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Sloth (like rust) consumes faster than labor wears. The used key is always bright.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“The way to win is to work, work, work, work and hope to have a few insights. And you’re probably not going to be smart enough to find thousands in a lifetime. And when you get a few, you really load up. It’s just that simple.”
— Charlie Munger (verified)“Industry pays debts, despair increases them.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“The busy man has few idle visitors; to the boiling pot the flies come not.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“No man ever was glorious who was not laborious.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
— Thomas Edison (unverified)