His Task Quotes

37 quotes by 37 authors

The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and… — Donald Rumsfeld
The critic is genius at one remove; he is not unlike an actor on the stage, and incarnates in his mind, as the actor embodies… — George Edward Woodberry
Socrates, whose mother was a midwife, used to say that his art was like the art of the midwife. She does not herself give birth… — Jostein Gaarder
Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself....His task was to discover his own destiny - not an arbitrary… — Hermann Hesse
I'll be getting you for this,' Halt had told him as he dabbed the diguisting mixture on the worst of the cuts. 'That soot is… — John Flanagan
His face set in grim determination, Richard slogged ahead, his fingers reaching up to touch the tooth under his shirt. Loneliness, deeper than he had… — Terry Goodkind
The Master made it his task to destroy systematically every doctrine, every belief, every concept of the divine, for these things, which were originally intended… — Anthony de Mello
Norah watched him, serious and utterly absorbed in his task, overcome by the simple fact of his existence. — Kim Edwards
A cultured society that has fallen away from its religious traditions expects more from art than the aesthetic consciousness and the 'standpoint of art' can… — Hans-Georg Gadamer
He knew now, and the knowledge was hard, that his task had never been to undo what he had done, but to finish what he… — Ursula K. Le Guin
The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Entrepreneurship rests on a theory of economy and society. The theory sees change as normal and indeed as healthy. And it sees the major task… — Peter Drucker
Every man must patiently bide his time. He must wait -- not in listless idleness but in constant, steady, cheerful endeavors, always willing and fulfilling… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo… — Henry David Thoreau
It would presently be his task to take the bandage from this young woman's eyes, and bid her look forth on the world. But how… — Edith Wharton
He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent… — Bessie Anderson Stanley
The President hasnt disappointed you because he wanted to. The President has disappointed America because he hasnt led America in the right direction. He took… — Mitt Romney

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