Tasks Quotes

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The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can. — William Feather
Few people sufficiently appreciate the colossal task of feeding a world of billions of omnivores who demand meat with their potatoes. — Jonathan Safran Foer
A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to… — Dag Hammarskjold
I make my films because I'm affected by a situation, by something that makes me want to reflect on it, that lends itself to an… — Michael Haneke
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the… — Sydney J. Harris
The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. — Friedrich August von Hayek
Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished… — Arthur Helps
A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to… — Victor Hugo
One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible ill will. — Victor Hugo
I will never work merely to make a reputation for myself, to be popular for appearances rather than for what I am. My task is… — King Hussein I
In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they… — Arne Jacobsen
Neuroplasticity research showed that the brain changes its very structure with each different activity it performs, perfecting its circuits so it is better suited to… — Naveen Jain
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. — William James
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. — William James
A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right. — Lyndon B. Johnson
To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts. — Lyndon B. Johnson
The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private… — Lyndon B. Johnson
A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good. — Samuel Johnson
Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great… — Quincy Jones

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