Tasks Quotes

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It is not our task to secure the triumph of truth, but merely to fight on its behalf. — Blaise Pascal
You can be deeply non-serious and still focused, disciplined, and on task. — Jeff VanderMeer
Since - in my belief system - we each get only one go-round here on planet Earth, it is the task of the writer to… — Merrill Markoe
Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task… — Anatole France
I believe that Catholics involved in politics carry the values of their religion within them, but have the mature awareness and expertise to implement them.… — Pope Francis
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced,… — Viktor E. Frankl
But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to… — Morgan Freeman
The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. — Erich Fromm
Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is… — Erich Fromm
I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done… — Mahatma Gandhi
In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime. — Andre Gide
Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. — Haim Ginott
He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Emotional 'literacy' implies an expanded responsibility for schools in helping to socialize children. This daunting task requires two major changes: that teachers go beyond their… — Daniel Goleman
Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep,… — Baltasar Gracian
We've got this proposal which has been languishing in the legislature, the Water Legacy Act, which is derived from a Republican task force on protecting… — Jennifer Granholm
On 'The Simpsons,' I will say that we definitely like to comment on what's going on in the world, and we try to be funny.… — Matt Groening
No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for… — Christopher Columbus
The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence. — Cyril Connolly
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. — Joseph Conrad

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