Task Quotes

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Nuremberg taught me that creating a world of tolerance and compassion would be a long and arduous task. And I also learned that if we… — Benjamin B. Ferencz
We have a mighty task before us. The earth needs our assistance. — Laurens van der Post
It is related of an Englishman that he hanged himself to avoid the daily task of dressing and undressing. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I believe that the quintessential task of every painter in any time has been to concentrate on the essential. — Gerhard Richter
Poetry's task is to increase the available stock of reality, R P Blackmur said. — Jane Hirshfield
We are well aware of the task ahead of us in what will be a very difficult match but which we all dream of playing. — Zinedine Zidane
It is my duty to voice the sufferings of humankind, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain high. This is my task, but it is not an… — Kathe Kollwitz
There is no task of greater importance than to give our children the very best preparation for the demands of an ominous future, a preparation… — Bruno Walter
Has not the experience of two centuries shown that gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice? Is there an instance, in the history of the… — William Lloyd Garrison
Have I ever been horrified to see someone in my clothes? Many times, but I close my eyes and look the other way. That happens… — Carolina Herrera
Part of the broader task of Christian scholarship is to help create and sustain a cultural milieu in which the gospel can be heard as… — William Lane Craig
Our task - and the task of all education - is to understand the present world, the world in which we live and make our… — E F Schumacher
It is our task to inquire into the causes that have brought about the observed differentiation, and to investigate the sequence of events that have… — Franz Boas
Directing attention toward where it needs to go is a primal task of leadership. — Daniel Goleman
The purpose of work is to give people a chance to utilize and develop their faculties; to enable them to overcome their ego-centeredness by joining… — E F Schumacher
Many who know something but not enough about dreams and their meaning...are liable to succumb to the prejudice that the dream actually has a moral… — Carl Jung
Big dreams are risky business. The psyche can be fiendish, puckish, exalted, imperious, tender, sardonic, faithful, pestilential--whatever rivets our attention upon the task of psychic… — Marc Ian Barasch
When people say, "It can't be done," or "You don't have what it takes," it makes the task all the more interesting. — Lynn Hill
There are multiple descriptions of the same real world situation. The only justification for language is to empower yourself. If the verbal description you create… — Moshe Feldenkrais
The writer cannot expect to be excused from the task of reeducation and regeneration that must be done. In fact, he should march right in… — Chinua Achebe

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