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Quotes About Completion

Christ's work needs no repetition. It is final because it is perfect.
~ F.B. Meyer
He made me realize that hard work--that the act of finishing, of completing, of accomplishing a task--is joyous
~ Sherman Alexie
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase "It is the busiest man who has time to spare."
~ C. Northcote Parkinson
An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.
~ Paul Valery
The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
~ Eric Hoffer
We are immortal until our work on earth is done.
~ George Whitefield
Too many men work on parts of things. Doing a job to completion, satisfies me.
~ Richard Proenneke
I work on all parts of my painting at once, improving it very gently until I find that the effect is complete.
~ Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
Work, finish, publish.
~ Michael Faraday
A consistent and heart-filled effort to completion is the foundation of excellent work.
~ Benjamin Watson
The fact is I am growing old too fast, alas! I feel it, and yet work I will, and may God grant me life to see the last plate of my mammoth work finished.
~ John James Audubon
When a thing is not done, continuing to work is the strength; but when it is done, the strength lies in stopping.
~ Eric Maisel
Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.
~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning
. . .We are here to finish God's labors. . .so that we could be His partners in completing the work of creation.
~ Harold S. Kushner
Properly speaking, such work is never finished; one must declare it so when, according to time and circumstances, one has done one's best.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We work for that part of our vision which is uncompleted.
~ Frederick Sommer
Men are immortal till their work is done.
~ David Livingstone
Work on one thing at a time until finished.
~ Henry Miller
For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.
~ Cicero
The test of a first-rate work, and a test of your sincerity in calling it a first-rate work, is that you finish it.
~ Arnold Bennett
That's one of the things I love about being a songwriter first, last and always, because whether I do it or not, if someone does a great job on it, my work is done.
~ Carole King
If the work is worthwhile, then whether we can complete it or not, it's worth making the attempt. That's why courage is important.
~ Dalai Lama
The Moor has done his work, the Moor may go.
~ Friedrich Schiller
I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
~ Gay Talese