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If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective.
You can be deeply non-serious and still focused, disciplined, and on task.
The minister's task is not to coddle the saints but to collar the sinners.
Contemplating the task ahead would not make it easier or the water warmer.
Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
Never help a child with a task that they feel they can complete themselves.
I prefer to talk about the gift of literature rather than its role or task.
The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
...our best task is to move forward without insisting others slide backward.
It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
Keep us at tasks too hard for us that we may be driven to Thee for strength.
The first task of the poet is to create the person who will write the poems.
If the Lord calls you, He will equip you for the task He wants you to fulfill
A menial task which must be mine, that shall I glorify and make an art of it.
Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us.
The task of the prophet is not to smooth things over but to make things right.
When a task seems too daunting to even approach, break it up into little bits.
Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
The great task of our time is to blow up all existing institutions to destroy.
To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.
It is not propaganda’s task to be intelligent, its task is to lead to success.
The task is not done. The journey is not complete. We can and we must do more.
To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
Poetry's task is to increase the available stock of reality, R P Blackmur said.
Directing attention toward where it needs to go is a primal task of leadership.
Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!
Metaphysics must be based on what exists, for it has the task of explicating it.
It is not the nature of the task, but its consecration, that is the vital thing.
The best instruction is that which uses the least words sufficient for the task.
O Christmas Sun! What holy task is thine! To fold a world in the embrace of God!
Your task? To work with all the passion of your being to acquire an inner light.
Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.
The oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it.
A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.
You've got to be able to manage change. You've got to be able to learn new tasks.
History clearly demonstrates that governing is a task that exceeds man's ability.
When God calls you to an extraordinary task, He provides extraordinary resources.
Approach each task in your life, no matter how simple or how complex, with power.
A heavier task could not have been impos'd, Than I to speak my griefs unspeakable.
Go on day by day fulfilling the task of the day, and leaving the results with God.
Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated.
I devoted myself simply to being a solitary person entrusted with a specific task.
To extract beauty from one's own milieu is one of the most difficult tasks of art.
To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
The first thing required of a teacher is that he be rightly disposed for his task.
If a child is off-task...mayb e the problem is not the child...maybe it's the task.
I always say that modernization is not an abstract thing; its a very specific task.
It's not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.
The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
Keep your eye on the task, not on yourself. The task matters, and you are a servant