“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."
