Task Quotes

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What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in. — David Lloyd George
We should learn to be patient with ourselves. Recognizing our strengths and our weaknesses, we should strive to use good judgment in all of our… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Death confronts us not unlike the historical battle scene that hangs on the wall of the classroom. It is our task to obscure or quite… — Franz Kafka
None can teach admirably if not loving his task. — Amos Bronson Alcott
[The task is to] covertly lower the standard of living, the whole social structure, of America so that we can be merged with all other… — Horace Rowan Gaither
That is why the Aethenian law makers so decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy. I am asking your help in… — John F. Kennedy
We have thought of peace as passive and war as the active way of living. The opposite is true. War is not the most strenuous… — Mary Parker Follett
The task of asking nonliving matter to speak and the responsibility for interpreting its reply is that of physics. — Julius Thomas Fraser
Perhaps the most extraordinary popular delusion about violence of the past quarter-century is that it is caused by low self-esteem. That theory has been endorsed… — Steven Pinker
What you persist in doing gets easier. The task hasn't changed, but your ability to do it has increased. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pray for our military men and women who are, striving to do what is right also for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders… — Sarah Palin
The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain… — Florida Scott-Maxwell
It is the individual's task to differentiate himself from all the others and stand on his own feet. All collective identities . . . interfere… — Carl Jung
I'm throwing myself back in because I like being married. I don't want to end this whole fabulous journey alone. I want someone by my… — Neil Diamond
Every human being has a personal legend to be fulfilled, and this is our reason for being in the world. This personal legend manifests itself… — Paulo Coelho
Every man hath the right to doubt his task, and to forsake it from time to time; but what he must not do is forget… — Paulo Coelho
When he is forced to perform the same task several times, the Warrior uses this tactic and transforms work into prayer. — Paulo Coelho
To engage in any activity, the warrior needs to know what to expect, how to achieve the objective and whether or not he is capable… — Paulo Coelho
By concentrating our attention on the effect rather than the causes, we can avoid the laborious, nearly impossible task of trying to detect and deflect… — Robert Cialdini
Countrymen, the task ahead is great indeed, and heavy is the responsibility; and yet it is a noble and glorious challenge - a challenge which… — Kwame Nkrumah

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