Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."

“Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, 

its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.” ~ Miguel De Cervantes.

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." ~ Henry David Thoreau

"If you want something, work for it and do not stop. That’s how you create your own luck. Whether you were born into a rich family or a poor one, whether you are innately talented or not, whether you have charisma and charm or you are a tongue-tied nerd, it doesn’t matter. I’m not saying it wouldn’t be nice to be rich, talented, and charismatic, but you can succeed without them, and you’ll appreciate it all the more. All you have to do is hang on even after others have let go. Don’t bemoan your fate. No one is born into a perfect family. Don’t complain about lack of resources. Allah created this world and everything in it, and laid it at your feet. If you’re facing the right direction, you can reach anywhere in the world if you keep on walking.

Whoever said that opportunity knocks once must not have been paying attention, because opportunities come along all the time? It’s just that you have to listen for them, and you must lay the groundwork so that you are ready when the knock comes. Diligence; and its only diligence that pays. Focus on your goal, work hard, don’t give up… be as persistent as the sun. Sometimes the sun is hidden behind clouds, but it’s there every day. It’s okay to have days when you’re tired, when it seems hopeless, when you wish life would give you a break, but just keep showing up every day and doing the work, and your break will come.

Those, who work diligently, not only achieve their goals and get success, but also remain happy, cheerful and active, which is itself a great reward even if the work does not bring success. Idleness or laziness is worse as it brings Jealousy, gloom, frustration, depression which are more degrading than the failure itself. There can't be any short cut to success. The toil of years, the sweat of your brow, struggle you make, everything counts in achieving the goal. Looking at the biographies of great men, we find that the most of the successful persons whether inventors, artists, scientists, technocrats, sculptures, thinkers, leaders and workers of any kind, owe their success to their indefatigable hard work and dedication. They were the men who achieved their success with dedication, devotion and true hard work. This really holds that the secret of success consisted in being master of our subject. Such mastery is attainable through continuous application and study.

Diligence requires applying self-discipline, persistence and generous amounts of motivation. It's often associated with the development of character. There is a fourth ingredient suggested by diligence and that's paying attention. Being diligent we pay attention to the work needed to take us where we want to go. We break down our goal into doable steps and then we diligently follow through by implementing those steps. Diligence is a powerful expression of caring. By being diligent we show we care about the task at hand, and by extension, we show we care for our goal as well. Diligence is what enables us to use our time effectively to actually create the change we want. It enables us to actually walk the stepping stones of out-of-the-mind self improvement and motivation.

Excellence is an ever approaching target. One who put his best in pursuit of excellence, he reaches nearer to goal. Full dedication, high degree of devotion, cuts the time to half. A glimpse of history tells us that all the successful personalities were determined and devoted fully to achieve whatever they thought or desired. Enthusiasm is the best asset of a person, self-determination and hard work, could achieve anything. Failure of any kind do not deter them but make them fiercer and dedicated to achieve the goal. Failures are natural happenings, every successful man faced failures of many kinds but they worked with more enthusiasm, more determined zeal, analyzed their shortcomings and tried again and got success. Those who consider themselves born to ill luck, very aptly assume that all their failures and misfortunes are because of their hard luck. They don't analyze their weaknesses, shortcomings and lack of efforts but lament for their ill fate. Fate is nothing but a creation of an idle fancy, an invention of superstitious brains.

One should not trifle away the importance of intelligence, along with diligence. Labour and hard work pays when apply intelligently and analytically. Just as diligence alone can't help in achieving success, in the same way intelligence alone can't help in making one successful. It is the result of both diligence and intelligentsia, which makes a man successful. Taking right decision, at right time, in a right manner means the Intelligentsia and putting hard work to achieve a goal, undaunted by the problems with positive thinking and iron will means diligence. No doubt diligence is very necessary for the success but intelligent decision is again an important factor that can't be ignored. We know so many daily wage earners toiling hard day and night to earn their livelihood. can't be termed as successful, but a person putting little labour and managing the things properly, earning handsomely is a successful man. Thus not only diligence but intelligentsia is also necessary for the success in life.

Therefore friends, never lament about your pitiful fate for that is not your life, to cry and lament over your failures. If you are experiencing failures then it is high time to analyze them and take corrective measures and discover another way to soar high and make a mark in life so as to become a beacon of love, kindness and compassion."