be industrious
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Six-year-olds like to be industrious and independent, and they feel good when they contribute in a real way.
From Washington Post ● May 18, 2022
“I gave Teddy my own number: 322. There are certain times when it’s good to be smart and certain times when it’s good to be industrious, but that night it was good to be lucky.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2019
Australia will be industrious and dogged, but this team lacks the pedigree of previous incarnations.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2017
He proved to be industrious, competent and meticulously attentive to Idaho's interests.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he came into the school for the first time, he said, "This is a nice school, but methinks there are stupid boys: still we shall see; only be industrious."
From The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a schoolmaster of the sixteenth century. by Thomas Platter
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