Task Quotes

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Every man's task [his 'great dream' and impassioned life-goal] is his life preserver. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If optimism is important, it's because many outcomes are determined by how much of it we bring to the task. It is an important ingredient… — Alain de Botton
No, the thing that makes for greatness is determination, persisting in the right direction over the long haul, following your dream, staying at the task. — Charles R. Swindoll
To you who answered the call of your country and served in its Armed Forces to bring about the total defeat of the enemy, I… — Harry S. Truman
The first and last task of aleader is to keep hope alive. — John W. Gardner
The first modern propaganda agency was the British Ministry of Information a century ago, which secretly defined its task as to direct the thought of… — Noam Chomsky
The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human… — Eric Hoffer
Mankind must work continually to produce individual great human beings - this and nothing else is the task... for the question is this : How… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The task of art is to take hold of the shining, the radiance, the manifestation, of that which as spirit weaves and lives throughout the… — Rudolf Steiner
Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in… — Barbara Deming
Your only task in the opening is to reach a playable middlegame. — Lajos Portisch
The fate of the Empire rests on this enterprise. Every man must devote himself totally to the task in hand. — Isoroku Yamamoto
Embrace every challenge you have, every person you meet, every place you visit, every task you succeed at, and especially those at which you fail.… — Richie Sambora
And we will move forward to our work, not howling out regrets like slaves whipped to their burdens, but with gratitude for a task worthy… — Albert J. Beveridge
Why do the easy expected thing? It takes guts to follow your dreams. Courage. Many people, even those who love you, don't understand how compelling… — Marshall Ulrich
The more people are involved in a given task, the more potential agreements need to be negotiated to do anything, and the greater the transaction… — Clay Shirky
The for-profit education industry has proven equal to the task. — Steve Eisman
In The Art and Aesthetics of Boxing, David Scott addresses the daunting task of establishing a groundwork for the aesthetics of boxing-and succeeds with consummate… — Robert Anasi
Today we may face some boring task or idle conversation that feels like a complete waste of time. Perhaps next week or next year we'll… — Mort Crim
Still the noise in the mind: that is the first task - then everything else will follow in time. — R. Murray Schafer

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