Task Quotes

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Silence alone is great; all else is feebleness . . . Perform with all your heart your long and heavy task. . . . Then… — Alfred de Vigny
Gird up your loins for the task that now lies ahead. I had asked you for men, money and materials. I have got them in… — Subhas Chandra Bose
Let me remind you that you have a two-fold task to perform. With the force of arms and at the cost of your blood you… — Subhas Chandra Bose
The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed; you must have a larger ambition. There is no mystery in… — John D. Rockefeller
This garden is no metaphor - more a task that swallows you into itself, earth using, as always, everything it can. — Jane Hirshfield
I am led to reflect how much more delightful to an undebauched mind is the task of making improvements on the earth, than all the… — George Washington
Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence. They're willing to spend more time accomplishing a task and to persevere in… — Joyce Brothers
Many changes have taken place but one change remains the same that is your Task & Duty . You are required to ensure the security… — Sam Manekshaw
During the time I have had WACs under my command, they have met every test and task assigned to them...their contributions in efficiency, skill, spirit,… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The hardest task of a girl's life, nowadays, is to prove to a man that his intentions are serious. — Helen Rowland
Do your very best on every task. Imagine that everyone is watching even when no one is watching. — Brian Tracy
In my experience, you run into trouble when you ask a group of beer-drinking men to perform any task more complex than remembering not to… — Dave Barry
Deep down, all of us are probably aware that some kind of mystical evolution is our true task. Yet we suppress the notion with considerable… — Tom Robbins
Both biological and cultural diversity are now severely threatened and working for their preservation is a critical task. — Murray Gell-Mann
Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they… — Samuel Johnson
Is it absurd to imagine that our social behavior, from amoeba to man, is also planned and dictated, from stored Information, by the cells? And… — Albert Claude
The known is finite, the unknown infinite; spiritually we find ourselves on a tiny island in the middle of a boundless ocean of the inexplicable.… — Thomas Huxley
This long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. Economists set themselves too easy, too useless… — John Maynard Keynes
...there has to be someone who is willing to do it, who is willing to take whatever risks are required. I don't think it can… — Cesar Chavez

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