Diligence is the mother of good luck.
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Benjamin FranklinPoor Richard's Almanack (1736)
About Benjamin Franklin
American founding father, scientist, inventor and publisher of Poor Richard's Almanack. (1706-1790)
More from Benjamin Franklin
- Well done is better than well said.Poor Richard's Almanack (1737)
- Lost time is never found again.Poor Richard's Almanack (1748)
- Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.Poor Richard's Almanack (1746; repeated 1757)
- Little strokes fell great oaks.Poor Richard's Almanack (1750)
- Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade?Poor Richard's Almanack (1750)
- Who is wise? He that learns from every one. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content.Poor Richard's Almanack (1755)
More quotes on habits and discipline
- How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself.Marcus Aurelius
- First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.Epictetus
- No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.Epictetus
- Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things; and thence proceed to greater.Epictetus
- If you would be a good reader, read; if a writer, write.Epictetus
- Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.Sun Tzu
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