Tasks Quotes

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To generous souls every task is noble. — Euripides
Do each daily task the best we can; act as though the eye of opportunity were always upon us. — William Feather
Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to put up with… — Saint Augustine
Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence. — John Foster Dulles
The oil industry is a stunning example of how science, technology, and mass production can divert an entire group of companies from their main task.… — Theodore Levitt
Co-operative enterprises provide the organisational means whereby a significant proportion of humanity is able to take into its own hands the tasks of creating productive… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Then, accepting the help of God and of God's signs, he allows his personal legend to guide him toward the tasks that life has reserved… — Paulo Coelho
Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated, not by a single explosive burst of energy or effort, but by the constant daily application of… — Og Mandino
The direction of all economic affairs is in the market society a task of the entrepreneurs. Theirs is the control of production. They are at… — Ludwig von Mises
If his spirit is distorted he should simply fix it-purge it, make it perfect-because there is no other task in our entire lives which is… — Carlos Castaneda
No very deep knowledge of economics is usually needed for grasping the immediate effects of a measure; but the task of economics is to foretell… — Ludwig von Mises
I rest not from my great task! | To open the Eternal Worlds, | to open the immortal Eyes of Man | Inwards into the… — William Blake
Independent of others and in concert with others, your main task in life is to do what you can best do and become what you… — Erich Fromm
There should be no distasteful tasks in one's life. If you just hate to do a thing, that hatred for it develops body-destructive toxins, and… — Walter Russell
A menial task which must be mine, that shall I glorify and make an art of it. — Walter Russell
In physics we deal with states of affairs much simpler than those of psychology and yet we again and again learn that our task is… — Niels Bohr
The purpose of science is to develop, without prejudice or preconception of any kind, a knowledge of the facts, the laws, and the processes of… — Robert Andrews Millikan
Science is not a sacred cow-but there are a large number of would-be sacred cowherds busily devoting quantities of time, energy and effort to the… — John W. Campbell
If we put together all that we have learned from anthropology and ethnography about primitive men and primitive society, we perceive that the first task… — William Graham Sumner
Never check email first thing in the morning. Instead, complete your most important task before 11:00 A.M. to avoid using lunch or reading email as… — Tim Ferriss

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