--- title: "4 Charles Hummel Quotes" description: "Charles E. Hummel (1923–2004) was a writer, president of Barrington College, and director of faculty ministries at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/charles-hummel-67942_action_the-important-task-rarely-must-be-done-t_191861.jpg" --- # Charles Hummel **4** quotes in **48** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Charles E. Hummel (1923–2004) was a writer, president of Barrington College, and director of faculty ministries at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. ## Quotes by Charles Hummel > [The important task rarely must be done today, or even this week...But the urgent task calls for instant action...The momentary appeal of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hummel/the-important-task-rarely-must-be-done-today-or-even-this-week-but/) Charles Hummel [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/charles-hummel-67942_action_the-important-task-rarely-must-be-done-t_191861.jpg) > [A man's home is no longer his castle; it is no longer a place away from urgent tasks because the telephone breaches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hummel/a-man-s-home-is-no-longer-his-castle-it-is-no-longer-a-place-away/) Charles Hummel [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d7/charles-hummel-67942_breach_a-man-s-home-is-no-longer-his-castle-it_874100.jpg) > [We realize our dilemma goes deeper than shortage of time; it is basically a problem of priorities. We confess, we have left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hummel/we-realize-our-dilemma-goes-deeper-than-shortage-of-time-it-is/) Charles Hummel [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aee/charles-hummel-67942_deeper_we-realize-our-dilemma-goes-deeper-than_2208992.jpg) > [Don't let the urgent take the place of the important in your life... When you and I were putting out the fires…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hummel/don-t-let-the-urgent-take-the-place-of-the-important-in-your-life/) Charles Hummel [Fire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4d/charles-hummel-67942_fire_don-t-let-the-urgent-take-the-place-of-t_3016303.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hummel/#itemlist", "name": "Charles Hummel Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The important task rarely must be done today, or even this week...But the urgent task calls for instant action...The momentary appeal of these tasks seems irresistible and important, and they devour our energy. But in the light of time's perspective, their deceptive prominence fades; with a sense of loss we recall the vital tasks we pushed aside. 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