Tasks Quotes - Page 11

Every morning I offer my body, my mind and any ability that I posses, to be used by Thee, O infinite creator, in whatever way Thou dost choose to express Thyself through me. I know that all work is Thy work, and that no task is too difficult or too menial when offered to Thee in loving service.

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.

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.

The most basic task of any museum must be the protection of works of cultural significance entrusted to its care for the edification and pleasure of future generations.

It is not our task to judge the worthiness of our path; it is our task to walk our path with worthiness.

Campaigns fail if they waste resources courting voters who are unpersuadable or already persuaded. Their most urgent task is to find and persuade the few voters who are genuinely undecided and the larger number who are favorably disposed but need a push to actually vote.

Think about it. Every time you fail at a task you've actually learned something new. The question is "what?"

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.

Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it.

Simplify the task. Continually look for faster, better, easier ways to get the job done.

Creating a piece of software is always complicated because you're doing something new. If you just wanted something that had been done before you'd just use that old piece of software. So there are no repetitive tasks.

When you're afraid of someone's judgment, you can't connect with them. You're too preoccupied with the task of impressing them.

In almost every task involving form, there are dozens, often hundreds of contradictory elements, which need to be forced to work in harmony by man's will. This harmony can be acheived only through art.

Add a task to a busy person's plate, and it will get done in short order. Add a task to the plate of someone with nothing to do, and it will never get done.

Our task is not to tell the truth; we are opinion molders.

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.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

One should perform even an insignificant task with respect.

Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.

To pray diligently is more than half the task.

Everything - a horse, a vine - is created for some duty... For what task, then, were you yourself created?

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

But it is daily tasks, daily acts of love and worship that serve to remind us that the religion is not strictly an intellectual pursuit, and these days it is easy to lose sight of that as, like our society itself, churches are becoming more politicized and polarized. Christian faith is a way of life, not an impregnable fortress made up of ideas; not a philosophy; not a grocery list of beliefs.

It takes time to understand yourself, to go inside yourself and to question yourself and really take yourself to task. That's self-expression.