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It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task. ↗

— Titus Livius

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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. ↗

— William James

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Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. ↗

— William James

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Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it. ↗

— Michelangelo

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That is the artistic task: To choose the best from these solutions. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

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To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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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. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.' ↗

— Quincy Jones

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