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Tasks Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- Since most of us spend our lives doing ordinary tasks, the most important thing is to carry them out extraordinarily well.
- On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that…
- The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo…
More Tasks Quotes
- Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated. — Norman Ralph Augustine
- Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if… — Marcus Aurelius
- We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women. — Michelle Bachelet
- You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks. — Michelle Bachelet
- Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort… — James A. Baldwin
- Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face… — William Barclay
- Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the… — Jack Adams
- It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that… — Karl Barth
- To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now. — Samuel Beckett
- We run around so much - with the best intentions: I want to save the rain forest. I've gotta clean up the… — Ed Begley, Jr.
- The new pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world -… — Pope Benedict XVI
- The great task of life is to learn the will of the Lord and then do it. — Ezra Taft Benson