397 Quotes About Tasks

To be effective in fulfilling your goals, you must break them down into little tasks and then spend most of your time working on the task in front of you, instead of being overwhelmed by the enormity of the big goal.

Stop over-loading yourself with numberless tasks. Give time to yourself for rest and positive deliberations. You can’t think better and plan better when you are under stress!

People who understand how to convert their time into useful products do not complain of boredom. They have too many important tasks to accomplish that they can hardly get bored.

Finish the most important tasks and stop wasting time on irrelevant activities.

Make sure you understand when best you are effective and then schedule your most important tasks within that time of the day.

Determine when you are most effective and energized, then plan your tasks within that time.

J'ai un but, une tâche, disons le mot, une passion. Le métier d'écrire en est une violente et presque indestructible."("I have an object, a task, let me say the word, a passion. The profession of writing is a violent and almost indestructible one.")[Letter to Jules Boucoiran, 4 March 1831]

So much time is wasted switching from one task to another. By batching repetitive tasks, once wasted time is recovered and can be used for other things. ⁣

The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.