Simple Tasks Quotes

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.

Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

Start by thinking of the smallest possible action you could take; then, take it. Then, choose the next smallest action, and do that.

Remember, don't try to build the greatest wall that's ever been built. Focus on laying a single, expertly-placed brick. Then keep doing that, every day.

I spend a fair amount of time on my computer, but I don't hack into anything. I have to open the manual and follow instructions.

Ah? A small aversion to menial labor?" The doctor cocked an eyebrow. "Understandable, but misplaced. One should treasure those hum-drum tasks that keep the body occupied but leave the mind and heart unfettered.

Do not try to do extraordinary things but do ordinary things with intensity.

If a retainer will just think about what he is to do for the day at hand, he will be able to do anything. If it is a single day's work, one should be able to put up with it. Tomorrow, too is but a single day.

What is easy is seldom excellent.

In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent.

Give a man a clear-cut job and let him do it.

The secret truth of 'Celebrity Apprentice' is that it isn't very hard... 'Celebrity Apprentice' is easy like junior high is easy. All the arithmetic, the creative writing and the history are super simple, but like junior high, you do that easy work surrounded by people who are full-tilt, hormone-raging bug nutty.

I'd love to be approached to do ordinary things more.

But on the whole, nothing requires unbearable energy for me, it's just a normal thing.

If you want what's in the package you should at least know how to get the string off, is what I say.

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'

So long as I get some sleep and get to take care of myself and eat healthy and that sort of thing, I'm OK. I'm not out there digging ditches and it's not brain surgery.

When you start a business, go for the lowest hanging fruit.

I hang my laundry on the line when I write.

You have not been called to change the world, but you have been called to change something.

Because golf exposes the flaws of the human swing - a basically simple maneuver - it causes more self-torture than any game short of Russian roulette.

Let's not forget how beautiful simply washing dishes can be.

Focus on what you know you can do. Know what you're capable of on any given day, and what you can count on. Do the simple things well, and then use the confidence to build up the rest of your game. Learn to differentiate between what is truly important and what can be dealt with at another time.

We just have to go to that next class, read that next chapter, help that next person. You simply have to do that next good thing, and before you know it, you're living a good life.

No one recognizes me. And I hope that I can always go out without being recognized. Maybe that limits you in some way but I like to be able to pull my hair back in a ponytail and get groceries without anyone noticing.