Quotes About Undertaking

Purposes are critical to beginnings, but they are rather abstract. They are ideas, and most people are not ready to throw themselves into a difficult and risky undertaking simply on the basis of an idea.1 They need something they can see, at least in their imaginations. They need a picture of how the outcome will look, and they need to be able to imagine how it will feel to be a participant in it.

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

Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture.

I have undertaken this project precisely because I am unqualified to do so.

The search for God is indeed, an entirely personal undertaking.... the most audacious adventure that one can dare.

Above the pyramid on the great seal of the United States it says in Latin: "God has favored our undertaking." God will not favor everything that we do. It is rather our duty to divine His will.

In any spiritual undertaking, God's first order of business is to see to the spiritual health of His people.

A diversity of approaches is necessary if there is to be a good chance of hitting on one that works. Progress is a social undertaking & achievement, because people see things differently

Like my good friend Eminem the rapper says, you only get one shot.

Anybody who knows how to make a good movie, knows that it's a collaborative undertaking. To deny that its really dangerous.

Keep alive within you and bring under wise control that courage which makes you long to undertake great works, which others might consider it folly to attempt.

I take classes to be a mortician.

Within the religious realm, the same can be said about that type of'apologetics' that claims to agree with the results of modern science-an utterly illusory undertaking and one that constantly requires revision; one that also runs the risk of linking religion with changing and ephemeral conceptions, from which it must remain completely independent.

Did y'all know that furniture makers ran some of the first funeral homes? Because they were the ones who built the coffins?" "Fascinating." Parker was all dignified solemnity. "And such a grave undertaking." He ducked as Ashley's popcorn sailed at his head.

The very life-blood of our enterprise.

But though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry, because I never undertake any more work than I can go through with perfect calmness of spirit. JOHN WESLEY

It doesn't matter where your journey begins, so long as you begin it...

To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.

The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.

Great risks could be undertaken only after great preparation.

Before discussing the advantages of conflict, he will instinctively resign himself to inertia. If, on the contrary, his temperament disposes him to anger, he will compromise an undertaking by a spontaneous violence, which patience and reflection would otherwise have made successful. It is possible also that a valiant soul is unable to obey a weak body, and that instinct, awakened by fear, leads one on to the impulsive desires of activity

Francis Ford Coppola is completely unconventional. He has a strong sense of loyalty. Great eyes. It's a diabolical undertaking in terms of organization and leadership.

Preparation, I have often said, is rightly two-thirds of any venture.

I take on daunting tasks.