Character Quotables: Thoroughness
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“See your road through.”
“Every job is a portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence.”
“A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.”
“Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time.”
“There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation – veneer isn’t worth anything.”
“Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.”
“A project is complete when it starts working for you, rather than you working for it.”
“Acquire the art of detachment, the virtue of method, and the quality of thoroughness, but above all the grace of humility.”
“It’s attention to detail that makes the difference between average and stunning.”
“Doctors and journalists have one thing in common: a devotion to thoroughness. There’s no cure for what you can’t diagnose and no story without facts.”
“The devil is in the details.”
“For most diagnoses all that is needed is an ounce of knowledge, an ounce of intelligence, and a pound of thoroughness.”
“People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to get things done make lists.”
“My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished 2 bags of M&M’s and a chocolate cake. I feel better already.”
“Leave no stone unturned.”
“We rate ability in men by what they finish, not by what they attempt.”
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”
“Whatever work you undertake, do it seriously, thoroughly and well; never leave it half-done or undone, never feel yourself satisfied unless and until you have given it your very best. Cultivate the habits of discipline and toleration. Surrender not the convictions you hold dear but learn to appreciate the points of view of your opponents.”
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”
“Accept business only at a price permitting thoroughness. Then do a thorough job, regardless of cost to us.”
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
“Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.”
“We rate ability in men by what they finish, not by what they attempt.”
“There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.”
“Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.”
“The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.”
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
“When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself.”
“If the chaos is overwhelming, I start making lists. To write it down, puts it in perspective.”
“Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.”
“A short cut to achievement is a delusion. There is only one sure way: hard work, step by step. There is no magic, no easy way.”
How can you use Quotes?
Start a discussion: Quotes can start a discussion about a character trait at the beginning of a meeting or the dinner table. You can ask questions about what it means, how they have seen the trait demonstrated in their own lives, or how they can develop it themselves.
Provide a model: Quotes can provide a model of good character. When you read a quote from a famous person or historical figure, you show that people they admire also value the same character traits.
Use quotes as writing/journal prompts: Ask them to write a short essay about a quote to help them think more deeply about its implications for their lives.
Post quotes: You can post quotes where they will be seen/heard often – classroom, breakroom, lobby, dining room, email signatures, video bulletin boards, morning announcements, social media, etc.
Read quotes aloud: You can read quotes aloud to your children during mealtimes, bedtime, or any other time you spend together.
Make it fun: You can make it even more fun by incorporating games, activities, or crafts. Let children decorate signs with the quotes to hang in the classroom or a bedroom door. Record children saying it and post it on social media.