Quotes about Tasks

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Votes: 6

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important. Votes: 6

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. Votes: 6

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 excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'. Votes: 6

Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least. Votes: 6

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. Votes: 6

For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation. Votes: 6

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal. Votes: 6

There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks. Votes: 4

Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us. Votes: 4

It is our task-our essential, central, crucial task-to transform ourselves from mere social creatures into community creatures. Votes: 4

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime. Votes: 4

Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will find before you. Votes: 4

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. Votes: 4

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one. Votes: 4

Life is rich, always changing, always challenging, and we architects have the task of transmitting into wood, concrete, glass and steel, of transforming human aspirations into habitable and meaningful space. Votes: 4

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. Votes: 4

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, in the other that it may not be dismayed. Votes: 4

We appreciate the complicated and wonderful gifts you give us in each other. And we appreciate the task you put down before us, of loving each other the best we can, even as you love us. Votes: 4

One of the most important tasks is to broaden the energy supply ... Energy determines today international security and social as well as economic development in many respects. In reality the wellbeing of millions of people is directly dependent in energy security. Votes: 4

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 unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America. Votes: 4

Your task, O preacher, is to make sure that you are faithful to the text, that you are faithful to the proclamation of that gospel, that you are faithful to set forth the whole counsel of God, and then step back and let it happen. Votes: 4

The great soul is the person who has taken on the task of change. If he or she is able to transcend fear, to act out of courage, the whole group will benefit and each one, in his or her own life, will be suddenly more courageous, though they may not see how or why. Votes: 4

I look upon the People and the Nation as handed on to me as an responsibility conferred upon me by God, and I believe, as it is written in the Bible, that it is my duty to increase this heritage for which one day I shall be called upon to give an account. Whoever tries to interfere with my task I shall crush. Votes: 4

Saying of the ProphetTasksWhoever makes all his tasks one task, God will help him in his other concerns. Votes: 3

Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks. Votes: 2

One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible ill will. Votes: 2

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you. Votes: 2

One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove that the distinction between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is not a distinction at all. Votes: 2

Quantum computation is... a distinctively new way of harnessing nature... It will be the first technology that allows useful tasks to be performed in collaboration between parallel universes. Votes: 2

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks. Votes: 2

One of the main tasks of theology is to find words that do not divide but unite, that do not create conflict but unity, that do not hurt but heal. Votes: 2

Even the mundane task of washing dishes by hand is an example of the small tasks and personal activities that once filled people's daily lives with a sense of achievement. Votes: 2

As you schedule individual tasks, give yourself a cushion. Mark the due date a few days ahead of the actual deadline so you have time to deal with changes or last-minute emergencies. Votes: 2

Alfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands of the great criminals who lead peoples to war. Votes: 2

The software program for motherhood is impossible to fully download into the male brain. You give them two tasks and they're like, 'I have to change the baby and get the dry cleaning?' Votes: 2

When you explain to people what you're trying to do, as opposed to just making demands or delegating tasks, you can build instant trust, even if it's just for that short time you're on the phone. Votes: 2

Unfortunately, I'm an engineer. I'm always thinking about, what's the task and how do I get it done? And some of my tasks are pretty broad, and pretty fuzzy, and pretty funky, but that's the way I think. Votes: 2

In China, Internet surveillance has already become a profitable industry. In fact, a growing number of private firms eagerly assist the local police by aggregating this data and presenting it in easy-to-browse formats, allowing humans to pursue more analytical tasks. Votes: 2

I don't have a problem with delegation. I love to delegate. I am either lazy enough, or busy enough, or trusting enough, or congenial enough, that the notion leaving tasks in someone else's lap doesn't just sound wise to me, it sounds attractive. Votes: 2

If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks. Votes: 2

I know that each of us has much to do. Sometimes we feel overwhelmed by the tasks we face. But if we keep our priorities in order, we can accomplish all that we should. We can endure to the end regardless of temptations, problems, and challenges. Votes: 2

The essence of procrastination lies in not doing what you think you should be doing, a mental contortion that surely accounts for the great psychic toll the habit takes on people. This is the perplexing thing about procrastination: although it seems to involve avoiding unpleasant tasks, indulging in it generally doesn't make people happy. Votes: 2

Hard tasks need hard ways. Votes: 0

Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Votes: 0

Sex can sometimes become the most horrible of tasks. Votes: 0

Knower of the means makes impossible tasks also possible. Votes: 0

Love gives us the strength to perform impossible tasks. Votes: 0

Breaking tasks down into smaller sub-tasks can be very useful. Votes: 0

Set the troops to their tasks without imparting your designs. Votes: 0

The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them. Votes: 0

Ideas in the head set hands about their several tasks. Votes: 0

God changes His time because His goals and tasks change. Votes: 0

You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you. Votes: 0

I do the unpleasant tasks before I do the pleasant ones. Votes: 0

God made us for relationships before he made us for tasks. Votes: 0

One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust. Votes: 0

I have great energy and I have great tasks ahead of me. Votes: 0

For it is often the hardest tasks that build the most character. Votes: 0

Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks. Votes: 0

Paint your vision, develop tasks, prioritize action steps and do it now. Votes: 0

Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks. Votes: 0

Courage is the ability to execute tasks and assignments without fear or intimidation. Votes: 0

Economies are complex beasts that need people to do an extraordinary range of tasks. Votes: 0

Knowledge is power, and the right knowledge lets man perform miraculous, almost godlike tasks. Votes: 0

Technology means the systematic application of scientific or other organized knowledge to practical tasks. Votes: 0

Checklists are really helpful ways to remind people around how to manage complicated tasks. Votes: 0

When you delegate tasks, you create followers. When you delegate authority, you create leaders. Votes: 0

Women can endure pain with fortitude, and they can perform monotonous tasks with patience. Votes: 0

Those that do teach young babes Do it with gentle means and easy tasks. Votes: 0

Computers will be able to do all the mundane tasks in our daily lives. Votes: 0

In my opinion the teaching of volleyball technique, ..., must always be correlated with tactical tasks. Votes: 0

It is necessary to go through all the daily tasks and bring perfection to them. Votes: 0

Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence. Votes: 0

I never hanker after the past - I prefer to devote myself to new tasks. Votes: 0

I manage my time by prioritizing tasks, working smarter not harder, and by avoiding procrastination. Votes: 0

When we intentionally seek out the difficult tasks, we're much more likely to actually create value. Votes: 0

One of the most difficult tasks of visioneering is distinguishing between good ideas and God ideas. Votes: 0

Deal with difficult tasks while they are easy. Act on large issues while they are small. Votes: 0

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long. Votes: 0

I will embrace today's difficult tasks, take off my coat, and make dust in the world. Votes: 0

And the most difficult of tasks to keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain. Votes: 0

To extract beauty from one's own milieu is one of the most difficult tasks of art. Votes: 0

Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions. Votes: 0

Approach difficult tasks with a positive attitude - you'll inspire others and feel better about what's ahead Votes: 0

More and more software would just increase the number of tasks that the computer would help solve. Votes: 0

Do the tasks that causes you the most fear, anxiety, or stress - and get over it. Votes: 0

Keep us at tasks too hard for us that we may be driven to Thee for strength. Votes: 0

Deciding which ideas to save and which ideas to discard is one of society's most important tasks. Votes: 0

The key to managing fear and life's tasks is to take the time daily to get organized. Votes: 0

One of underestimated tasks in nonfiction writing is to impose narrative shape on an unwieldy mass of material. Votes: 0

If certain players do not carry out their tasks properly on the pitch then their colleagues will suffer. Votes: 0

Learn to live, and live to learn, Ignorance like a fire doth burn, Little tasks make large return. Votes: 0

The tasks I set out for myself are what I do to beat the perfect pointlessness of life. Votes: 0

I think of death as some delightful journey that I shall take when all my tasks are done. Votes: 0

...making the world safe for diversity, is one of the greatest tasks we face in the global era.... Votes: 0

One of the advantages of real worth is that menial tasks can always be left to someone else. Votes: 0

Life is a series of tasks that you absolutely must get done before they don't matter any more. Votes: 0

A sense of accomplishment comes when you have completed the tasks for the goals you have set for yourself. Votes: 0

I believe it is important for people to create a healthy mental environment in which to accomplish daily tasks. Votes: 0

One of the greatest tasks of my life has been to teach the colored man he can be anything. Votes: 0

People who do really dangerous tasks can't afford to sit around and discuss the merits of what they're doing. Votes: 0

Make of the Silence your to-do tasks, of the compassion your wealth and of the meditation your beggar's bowl. Votes: 0

One of the most important tasks of the United States House of Representatives is to pass a budget resolution. Votes: 0

Teaching for creativity involves teaching creatively. There are three related tasks in teaching for creativity: encouraging, identifying and fostering. Votes: 0

Not only virtue, but also insight, not only sanctity but also wisdom, are the duties and tasks of mankind. Votes: 0

Many of us who walk to and fro upon our usual tasks are prisoners drawing mental maps of escape Votes: 0

We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity. Votes: 0

Those tasks that have been entrusted to us are difficult; almost everything serious is difficult; and everything is serious. Votes: 0

We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women. Votes: 0

It is rather suitable for umpires to dress like dentists, since one of their tasks is to draw stumps. Votes: 0

He is the happiest man who is engaged in a business which tasks the most faculties of his mind. Votes: 0

The eradication of anti-personnel mines around the world is one of the most important tasks facing the international community. Votes: 0

Many of us who walk to and fro upon our usual tasks are prisoners drawing mental maps of escape. Votes: 0

Psychohistory, as a science, will always be problem-centered, while history will always remain period-centered. They are simply two different tasks. Votes: 0

Power is different when you combined it with wisdom. Wisdom allows you to use less power to accomplish more tasks. Votes: 0

You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks. Votes: 0

Peering succeeds because it leverages self-organization—a style of production that works more effectively than hierarchical management for certain tasks. Votes: 0

Whoever today speaks of human existence in terms of power, efficiency, and historical tasks is an actual or potential assassin. Votes: 0

The virtue of obedience makes the will supple... It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks. Votes: 0

One of the most difficult tasks confronting philosophers is to descend from the world of thought to the actual world. Votes: 0

To get up in the morning & do the monumental tasks that face us, our labor is best fueled by love. Votes: 0

I am the Terrible Trivium, demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort, and monster of habit. Votes: 0

Emancipation of belief is the most formidable of the tasks of reform and the one on which all else depends. Votes: 0

To occupy yourself with tasks that are useful to yourself and others, you can get your mind off your problems. Votes: 0

You must always remain master of the situation and do what you please. No school tasks, ah, no! no tasks! Votes: 0

The object of convalescence ought to be to turn our attention to life: at other times, simply to our tasks! Votes: 0

I believe that one can indeed work on two or more tasks at once, but in ways yet to be understood. Votes: 0

One of the hardest tasks as a human being is knowing when to keep an open mind, and when not to. Votes: 0

One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games. Votes: 0

Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language. Votes: 0

Since most of us spend our lives doing ordinary tasks, the most important thing is to carry them out extraordinarily well. Votes: 0

To really boost your sense of self-efficacy, think of ways you could modify your usual tasks to suit your personal style. Votes: 0

The problem with a lot of people is that they procrastinate as if tomorrow doesn't have some tasks of its own. Votes: 0

Anyone who sees only the bright side but not the difficulties cannot fight effectively for the accomplishment of the Party's tasks. Votes: 0

Children want the challenge of difficult tasks - just look how much better they are than their parents on a computer. Votes: 0

Laughter can relieve tension, soothe the pain of disappointment, and strengthen the spirit for the formidable tasks that always lie ahead. Votes: 0

Among our tasks as witnesses to the love of Christ is that of giving a voice to the cry of the poor. Votes: 0

I have always worked hard, and seeing so many Icelanders make tremendous efforts to cope with difficult tasks and decisions inspires me. Votes: 0

The Weizmann Institute showed me respect and didn't require many administrative tasks, so I was quite independent. I did what I wanted. Votes: 0

Literary genres and techniques tend to take form in one's mind somewhat the way computer templates provide form for different computer tasks. Votes: 0

Partnership is not a posture but a process-a continuous process that grows stronger each year as we devote ourselves to common tasks. Votes: 0

Discrepancies between self-efficacy judgment and performance will arise when either the tasks or the circumstances under which they are performed are ambiguous Votes: 0

People with high assurance in their capabilities approach difficult tasks as challenges to be mastered rather than as threats to be avoided. Votes: 0

Teaching our children to live a quiet, sane, and balanced life is one of the most important parental tasks of our day. Votes: 0

We need faith and the mind of the Lord Jesus to recognize something of lasting value in even our most ordinary tasks. Votes: 0

War drags human beings from their tasks of building and improving, and pushes them en masse into the category of destroyers and killers. Votes: 0

Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals. Votes: 0

War drags human beings from their tasks of building and improving, and pushes them en masse into the category of destroyers and killers. Votes: 0

What looks like multitasking is really switching back and forth between multiple tasks, which reduces productivity and increases mistakes by up to 50 percent. Votes: 0

The liver, that great maroon snail: No wave of emotion sweeps it. Neither music nor mathematics gives it pause in its appointed tasks. Votes: 0

Research shows you get multiple tasks done faster if you do them one at a time. It also decreases stress and raises happiness. Votes: 0

There's going to be some joyful lifting for us if you will in terms of some of the tasks we have to do. Votes: 0

I know no other way to associate with great tasks than as play: as a sign of greatness, this is an essential presupposition. Votes: 0

The speculative part of my work is that these particular cognitive tasks - ways of thinking analytically - are tied to nature's laws. Votes: 0

It's not enough to do the tasks that are expected or required of us. We have to give more, do more, be more. Votes: 0

Some people appear to be more meager in talent than they are, just because the tasks they set themselves are always too great. Votes: 0

The fact is that you can't do everything that you have to do. You have to procrastinate on something. Therefore, procrastinate on small tasks. Votes: 0

Sex is difficult; yes. But those tasks that have been entrusted to us are difficult; almost everything serious is difficult; and everything is serious. Votes: 0

Knowledge is the source of Wealth. Applied to tasks we already know, it becomes Productivity. Applied to tasks that are new, it becomes Innovation... Votes: 0

When you get right down to it, one of the most important tasks of a leader is to eliminate his people's excuse for failure. Votes: 0

As an astronaut, you have a very defined set of tasks to do. Those tasks may require you to work 60, 70 or 80 hours a week. Votes: 0

There were a number of books about Bill Wilson, and by him, but a lot of the basic biographical tasks had not been done. Votes: 0

It is possible to do many household cleaning tasks by simply using ingredients from the store cupboard, which are also safer for the environment. Votes: 0

The theory of isolation of certain tasks in certain hemispheres of the brain suggests I shouldn't even be able to speak, never mind write. Votes: 0

I automate some tasks and delegate many others. Doing research, job organization, data processing, field surveys, and plan preparation can be tedious, detailed work. Votes: 0

The ruler should employ person in tasks according to their abilities because Knowers ( or the means ) and efficient employees make impossible tasks also possible. Votes: 0

One of your tasks is to separate the 'personal' from the 'substantive.' The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong. Votes: 0

As a conductor I find the hardest tasks are to listen to the instinct of a musician and to hear the music behind the notes. Votes: 0

We plan to spend 20 billion lari ($12 billion) from the budget in the next four years on implementation of all tasks presented in our new programme. Votes: 0

For a person to become deeply involved in any activity it is essential that he knows precisely what tasks he must accomplish, moment by moment. Votes: 0

In today's world of technology we should no longer be using outdated paper processes to accomplish tasks such as requisitions, reports, approvals, and purchase orders Votes: 0

One of the best ways of avoiding necessary and even urgent tasks is to seem to be busily employed on things that are already done. Votes: 0

Intuitively you want some place [such as your phone] to store phone numbers, so you have that part of your brain to do other tasks. Votes: 0

To be conscious of Being, you need to reclaim consciousness from the mind. This is one of the most essential tasks on your spiritual journey. Votes: 0

Life as we find it is too hard for us; it entails too much pain, too many disappointments, impossible tasks. We cannot do without palliative remedies. Votes: 0

Christianity israrely understood by those outside its bounds. In fact, this is probably one of the greatest tasks confronting the apologist–to rescue Christianity from misunderstandings. Votes: 0

I've come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences, or tasks. Votes: 0

A little bit of something beats a lot of nothing. Break the largest of difficult tasks into the smallest of steps and it can be done. Votes: 0

Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual. Votes: 0

What plethora of material goods can possibly atone for a waking life so humanly belittling, if not degrading, as the push-button tasks left to human performers? Votes: 0

Every task is given equal importance - that way I can pick and choose my tasks based on the ebb and flow of my creative metabolism. Votes: 0

Christian history looks glorious in retrospect; but it is made up of constant hard choices and unattractive tasks, accepted under the pressure of the Will of God. Votes: 0

Today's workplace has become heartless and soulless. Employees are seen as units of labour, automatons, functionaries, objects for achieving designated tasks, and as costs to be minimised. Votes: 0

Multi-taskers often think they are like gym rats, bulking up their ability to juggle tasks, when in fact they are like alcoholics, degrading their abilities through over-consumption. Votes: 0

A man's home is no longer his castle; it is no longer a place away from urgent tasks because the telephone breaches the walls with imperious demands. Votes: 0

When a man, a woman, see their little daily tasks as integral portions of the one great work, they are no longer drudges but co-workers with God. Votes: 0

The rights which a man arrogates to himself are relative to the duties which he sets himself, and to the tasks which he feels capable of performing. Votes: 0

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 for him. Votes: 0

The home is not the one tame place in the world of adventure. It is the one wild place in the world of rules and set tasks. Votes: 0

God does not require us to achieve any of the good tasks that humanity must pursue. What God requires of us is that we not stop trying. Votes: 0

For forty years I was conscripted by the absolute, the neurosis. The absolute is gone. There remain countless tasks among which literature is in no way privileged. Votes: 0

Management is the key. Learn to manage your time, tasks, income, people around you, and you will be able to manage the achievement of your goals as well. Votes: 0

Although I know a lot of the previous shuttle flights, in theory, had their tasks laid out; but there were still some changes that came along for them. Votes: 0

She strived for perfection. She loved setting herself tasks, sometimes impossible ones, to prove to her heart that underneath every seemingly ugly thing there was something beautiful inside. Votes: 0

Some men spend a lifetime in an attempt to comprehend the complexities of women. Others pre-occupy themselves with somewhat simpler tasks, such as understanding the theory of relativity! Votes: 0

Your most important tasks and priorities are those that can have the most serious consequences, positive or negative, on your life or work. Focus on these above all. Votes: 0

I much preferred the approach at the anarchist camp, with its shared tasks and collective responsibilities. Everyone played their part. There was no division between workers and consumers. Votes: 0

Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much. Votes: 0

I'm a big list maker. But if I cross off too many tasks and it's hard to see the remaining ones, I have to start a new list. Votes: 0

Unsolvable problems do not exist. Any crisis is a combination of specific tasks to be worked on. The government has the experience and reserves to overcome the economic downturn Votes: 0

Our conscious minds are rapidly overwhelmed with the few tasks that they attempt to manage. That's why our unconscious minds have evolved to handle so much of our thinking. Votes: 0

Persuading through Simplifying - Using computing technology to reduce complex behavior to simple tasks increases the benefit/cost ratio of the behavior and influences users to perform the behavior. Votes: 0

Jesus specialized in menial tasks that everyone else tried to avoid: washing feet, helping children, fixing breakfast, and serving lepers. Nothing was beneath him, because he came to serve. Votes: 0

Find out your most limiting tasks and deal with them as early as possible. Use a diary, and jot little points of reminder about specific tasks for reference later. Votes: 0

Among the major tasks before us none is of greater importance for our strength and stability than the task of building up the unity and solidarity of our people. Votes: 0

The job of training an Iraqi police force is one of the most important tasks being undertaken in Operation Iraqi Freedom. It is also one of the most difficult. Votes: 0

Yoga means we take responsibility for the tasks in our life. Whatever we are supposed to have karmically, life gives us. The question is: how do we handle it? Votes: 0

I think novelists perform many useful tasks for their fellow citizens, but one of the most valuable is this: to enable us to see ourselves as others see us. Votes: 0

Given a sufficient level of perceived self-efficacy to take on threatening tasks, phobics perform them with varying amounts of fear arousal depending on the strength of their perceived self-efficacy Votes: 0

I believe it is one of our biggest tasks - the task of our life - to do everything possible to counter poverty and to build a freedom-loving future. Votes: 0

In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions. Votes: 0

The need for challenge, the need to burst through the constrictions of tasks and situations already seen and mastered, can affect anyone, even those enjoying the greatest gains from success. Votes: 0

Women who work at home rearing children and attending to various household tasks are expected to provide something that is absolutely essential yet costs nothing, like the air we breathe. Votes: 0

In transforming backward agricultural China into an advanced industrialized country, we are confronted with arduous tasks and our experience is far from adequate. So we must be good at learning. Votes: 0

... let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans ... Votes: 0

Deal first with whatever is causing you the greatest emotional distress. Often this will break the logjam in your work and free you up mentally to complete (the) other tasks. Votes: 0

Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the soiled is made clean, over and over, day after day. Votes: 0

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 you become fatigued very soon. Votes: 0

... let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans ... Votes: 0

I am a world expert on how to organise tasks in a senseless order, totally unrelated to priority, and thus create a massive panic leading up to an important deadline. Votes: 0

I would like the government to do all it can to mitigate, then, in understanding, in mutuality of interest, in concern for the common good, our tasks will be solved. Votes: 0

To be in thousands of states of mind simultaneously as you perform simple physical tasks gives you a reverence for life. Each of these outer manifestations of life is God. Votes: 0

I'm condemned by some inner compulsion to think about the daily rituals of my life. I have a low grade fever for improving myself in many ways, including everyday tasks. Votes: 0

It is also in the interests of the tyrant to make his subjects poor... the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting. Votes: 0

Most tasks and tests will demand recall of isolated pieces of information, and I will not have to show how concepts and ideas are related or how facts illustrate underlying principles. Votes: 0

We must also win really sufficient and, above all, practical, guarantees for the freedom of the seas and for the further fulfilment of our economic and political tasks throughout the world. Votes: 0

Because our gifts carry us out into the world and make us participants in life, the uncovering of them is one of the most important tasks confronting any one of us. Votes: 0

...death does leave a daunting array of practical tasks: all those possessions that you were forced to leave behind had to be sorted and packed and redistributed in the living world. Votes: 0

Your time as the entrepreneur is worth hundreds of dollars an hour. If you are doing tasks you could hire out, those are stopping you from earning that kind of money. Votes: 0

Manage the remarkable balance between acting from your heart and close to your gifts with completing the obligations that your labor and tasks require of you. Leverage opportunity AND seize joy. Votes: 0

High technology has done us one great service: It has retaught us the delight of performing simple and primordial tasks - chopping wood, building a fire, drawing water from a spring Votes: 0

But by far the greatest obstacle to the progress of science and to the undertaking of new tasks and provinces therein is found in this-that men despair and think things impossible. Votes: 0

Two tasks at the beginning of your life: to narrow your orbit more and more, and ever and again to check whether you are not in hiding somewhere outside your orbit. Votes: 0

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 the best you have within you. Votes: 0

This life is not about me. It's about joining hands with Jesus to fulfill whatever tasks He sets before me and to share His love with all He brings my way. Votes: 0

I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in all circumstances -- from my grave even more successfully and more irrefutably than in my lifetime. Votes: 0

If I let a gust of wind or a sprinkling of rain turn me aside from the easy tasks, what preparation would such sloth be for the future I propose myself? Votes: 0

Keeping the daily demands of life in balance is one of the great tasks of mortality. There is no peace for those whose lives are out of balance temporally or spiritually. Votes: 0

It took, for me, a long time to develop this idea of what to do on the radio. But from the beginning of my time in radio, I had pretty non-traditional tasks. Votes: 0

To create conditions in which competition will be as effective as possible, to prevent fraud and deception, to break up monopolies- these tasks provide a wide and unquestioned field for state activity. Votes: 0

We learn to dwell with God by learning the practices of hospitality, listening, forgiveness, and reconciliation- the daily tasks of life with other people. Stability in Christ is always stability in community Votes: 0

One inconvenience... may attend bold and arduous attempts: frequent failure may discourage. This evil, however, is not more pernicious than the slow proficiency which is the natural consequence of too easy tasks. Votes: 0

People infer high self-efficacy from successes achieved through minimal effort on difficult tasks, but they infer low self-efficacy if they had to work hard under favorable conditions to master relatively easy tasks Votes: 0

Women occupy, in great masses, the 'household tasks' of industry. They are nurses but not doctors, secretaries but not executives, researchers but not writers, workers but not managers, bookkeepers but not promoters. Votes: 0

I am always able to keep a laser focus on one thing at a time without getting distracted. It helps that I try to break everything I do into small, achievable tasks. Votes: 0

A powerful programming language is more than just a means for instructing a computer to perform tasks. The language also serves as a framework within which we organize our ideas about processes. Votes: 0

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 employment, overcoming poverty and achieving social integration. Votes: 0

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 excluded, and to say, "I was wrong. Votes: 0

What is Mona Lisa thinking? Nothing, of course. Her blankness is her menace and our fear. [...] Walter Pater is to call her a 'vampire,' coasting through history on her secret tasks. Votes: 0

I must say that the tasks of the youth in general, and of the Young Communist Leagues and all other organisations in particular, might be summed up in a single word: learn. Votes: 0

These tasks, and therefore the meaning of life, differ from man to man, and from moment to moment. Thus it is impossible to define the meaning in life in a general way. Votes: 0

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Prayer is not conquering God's reluctance, but taking hold of God's willingness. Votes: 0

Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans. Votes: 0

Let be the future: mind the present need and leave the rest to whom the rest concerns ... present tasks claim our care: the ordering of the future rests where it should rest. Votes: 0

The important thing is the 80/20 rule: 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. This means that if you're doing ten tasks, two are going to be vastly more important than others. Votes: 0

Know when to email vs. when to meet. Logistics are best handled over a non-immediate communication channel like email or Asana tasks. Detailed status meetings will suck the life out of your day. Votes: 0

I don't live in as much fear as I used to. I'm not afraid of the music business. Life is too damn short. I know what's important, and the tasks are very clear. Votes: 0

Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear. Votes: 0

Confronting and undermining the narratives and ideas of extremism must therefore be one of our key tasks. To do this, we must retain the courage of our convictions in the face of extremism. Votes: 0

I think what I've come to now is, that fear is good; it's what life is about. You need to be afraid because fear gives you the strength to carry on important tasks. Votes: 0

I enter my studio at 9 a.m. I have lunch here, I return right away to my work and I go out to dinner at 8 p.m. My daily tasks vary very much. Votes: 0

Ah? A small aversion to menial labor?" The doctor cocked an eyebrow. "Understandable, but misplaced. One should treasure those hum-drum tasks that keep the body occupied but leave the mind and heart unfettered. Votes: 0

This world is so full of care and sorrow that it is a gracious debt we owe to one another to discover the bright crystals of delight hidden in somber circumstances and irksome tasks. Votes: 0

The nation-state is becoming less and less competent to perform its international political tasks... These are some of the reasons pressing us to lead vigorously toward the true building of a new world order. Votes: 0

One of humanity's prime drives is to understand and be understood. All other living creatures are designed for highly specialized tasks. Man seems unique as the comprehensive comprehender and co-ordinator of local universe affairs. Votes: 0

If you're co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do... If you don't do your chores, the company won't succeed... No task is too menial. Votes: 0

Software is definitely engineering. It's different in that we take on novel tasks every time. It's not like building a certain bridge that is virtually identical to some previous bridge or some previous building. Votes: 0

The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd. But it is tragic only at the rare moments when it becomes conscious. Votes: 0

A man can never be idle with safety and advantage until he has been so trained by work that he makes his freedom from times and tasks more fruitful than his toil has been. Votes: 0

To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak - you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength. Votes: 0

There is no "ruler" in our country. Poland is a democracy. Our Prime Minister leads the government; the President is fulfilling his tasks. But there is a little bit left for the party leader. Votes: 0

His (Christ's) appearance in our midst has made it undeniably clear that changing the human heart and changing human society are not separate tasks, but are as interconnected as the two beams of the cross. Votes: 0

As all entrepreneurs know, you live and die by your ability to prioritize. You must focus on the most important, mission-critical tasks each day and night, and then share, delegate, delay or skip the rest. Votes: 0

The main advantage of being branded ashonest is that people do not fear you. They stop being jealous of you. And, most importantly, people will trust you with key information, important tasks and worthy projects. Votes: 0

Wouldn't it be better for the human spirit and for the soul of this nation to encourage people to accept more responsibility to care for each other rather than leaving those tasks to paid bureaucrats. Votes: 0

The first time I looked at Yammer, I thought I was on Facebook. Work is not a social network, with serendipitous communications and photo collections. Work is about managing tasks and responding to things quickly. Votes: 0

People should be hired "as is" and their managers then help them to develop their individual strengths while completing tasks for which they have the greatest aptitude and in which they have the greatest interest. Votes: 0

Edith Vonnegut behaved like a guest in her children's lives. To her way of thinking, parenting came under the general heading of household tasks, which, as a wealthy woman, she could pay others to do. Votes: 0

When I went to a school in Japan, they told me that both the teachers and students perform cleaning tasks here to keep the schools clean. I wondered why can't we do it in India. Votes: 0

...most entrepreneurial types are free-wheelers who like to do a variety of things and do not enjoy routine tasks. But a smart entrepreneur will eventually learn that while ideas start businesses, organization makes them successful. Votes: 0

Successful people are decisive people. When opportunities come their way, they evaluate them carefully, make a decision, and take appropriate action. They know that indecision wastes time that could be spent on more productive tasks. Votes: 0

Our bodies must always be wherever that struggle and the moment we forget that, the moment we become lazy, the moment we sit back, then then the evil ones do their ordained tasks to us. Votes: 0