Be brief, be pointed, let your matter standLucid in order, solid and at hand;Spend not your words on trifles but condense;Strike with the mass of thought, not drops of sense;Press to close with vigor, once begun,And leave, (how hard the task!) leave off, when done.
The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
Working to anticipate the future can be a distraction from the important task of dealing with the present.
To seek out beauty in our work is to make a pilgrimage of our labors, to understand that the consummation of work lies not only in what we have done, but who we have become while accomplishing the task.
How often in life we complete a task that was beyond the capability of the person we were when we started it.
Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.
If anything is evident about people who manage money, it is that the task attracts a very low level of talent, one that is protected in its highly imperfect profession by the mystery that is thought to enfold the subject of economics in general and of money in particular.
To gain the acceptance of your peers is an admirable task, but to truly accept yourself requires a much higher standard.
Don't search for inspiration when you have a task to do; Just start your work and you will see that it will soon find you.
Will power is but the unflinching purpose to carry the task you set for yourself to fulfillment.
Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.
Doing justice to the work is your task, not setting a world record.
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.
I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer.
No matter how difficult a task may look. . Persistence and steady action will get you through
The difficult and risky task of meeting and mastering the new. . . is not undertaken by the vanguard of society but by its rear. It is the misfits, failures, fugitives, outcasts and their like who are among the first to grapple with the new.
Once again you've put your keen and penetrating mind to the task and as usual come to the wrong conclusion!
Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.
Do not forget that the armed forces are the servants of the people. You do not make national policy; it is we, the civilians, who decide these issues and it is your duty to carry out these tasks with which you are entrusted.
No task is more difficult than systematic hypocrisy.