Task Quotes

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All work, the genuine work which we must achieve, is that which is most difficult and painful: the work on ourselves. If we do not… — Jean Gebser
The news today that Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that reviews the security implications of the Dubai Port World's potential management of our… — John Conyers
A paycheck is a sufficient impetus to motivate some employees to do the minimum amount to get by, and for others, the challenge of getting… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Look sharply after your own thoughts. They come unlooked for, like a new bird seen on your trees, and, if you turn to your usual… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I pray the gods some respite from the weary task of this long year's watch that lying on the Atreidae's roof on bended arm, dog-… — Aeschylus
We may differ widely in environments, education, learning, knowledge, or lack of it, and in our personalities, our likes and dislikes. But if we set… — Faith Baldwin
Doing justice to the work is your task, not setting a world record. — Seth Godin
Ironically, the main task of chess software companies today is to find ways to make the program weaker, not stronger, and to provide enough options… — Garry Kasparov
Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now! — Tim Ferriss
It is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done. Numbers will never compensate for talent in getting the… — Elon Musk
The quest for a war-free world has a basic purpose: survival. But if in the process we learn how to achieve it by love rather… — Joseph Rotblat
If you face a challenging task from God today, ask yourself, "How would Jesus handle this?" Then go and do the same. — David Jeremiah
Repentance for past crimes is just and easy; but sin-no-more's a task too hard for mortals — John Vanbrugh
I am weary of a task which is done and I hope I shall not shrink when the aftermath ends. My only wish is to… — Winston Churchill
The great task of the peace is to work morals into it. The only sort of peace that will be real is one in which… — Frederic Eggleston
Design a clear and simple interface. The primary task of the interface is to present the player with a choice of the available actions at… — Jordan Mechner
The rule of no realm is mine. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, those are my care. And… — J.R.R. Tolkien
We need innovation in education and dedication to the task before us. — Alan Autry
I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest an account of… — Robert Sheckley
Although the optimist may be a little giddy when foreseeing the future, telling himself that it will all work out in the end when that… — Matthieu Ricard

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