“Diligence is the mother of good fortune.”

— Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605–1615), Part I, Book IV, Ch. 19

About Miguel de Cervantes

1547 – 1616

Spanish novelist, author of "Don Quixote".

“Valour lies just halfway between rashness and cowheartedness.”

“Fear is sharp-sighted, and can see things underground, and much more in the skies.”

“Every one is the son of his own works.”

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“Nothing will work unless you do.”

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

“Success always demands a greater effort.”

“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”

“Patience and diligence, like faith, remove mountains.”

“Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.”