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“I've tried to be totally present, so that when I'm finished with a piece of work, I'm finished. ... The work, once completed, does not need me. The work I'm working on needs my total concentration. The one that's finished doesn't belong to me anymore. It belongs to itself.”

Needs Doe Work Pieces Finished Concentration

Author:Maya Angelou

“Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.”

Stills Action Motivation Work Half Finished

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“It's mainly about working hard and proving to people you're serious about it, and stretching yourself and learning. The mistake a lot of actors make, particularly young ones, is allowing themselves to feel that they're the finished articles, the bee's knees, and it's not true.”

People Feels Hard Young Actors Work Mistake Serious Prove Finished Knees Allowing Articles Bees Stretching Young Ones Stretching Yourself

Author:Daniel Radcliffe

“It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.”

Life Inspirational Ends Motivational Jobs Work Finished Procrastination Beginning Motivational Work Funny Work Lord Of The Ring Samwise Faithful Service

Book:The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings

Source: The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings

“Oh, Adam was a gardener, and God who made him sees That half a proper gardener's work is done upon his knees, So when your work is finished, you can wash your hands and pray For the Glory of the Garden, that it may not pass away!”

May Made Done Hands Spirit Religion Spirituality Work Half Praying Glory Garden Finished Knees Adam Gardening Gardener Passing Away

Author:Rudyard Kipling

“When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.”

People Inspirational Leadership Work Leader Happened Authority Appreciate Finished Great Leader Being A Leader Effective Leadership

Author:Laozi

“We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals to make the work as finished as possible, to cover up all the tracks, to not worry about the blind alleys or describe how you had the wrong idea first, and so on. So there isn't any place to publish, in a dignified manner, what you actually did in order to get to do the work, although, there has been in these days, some interest in this kind of thing.”

“Half finished work generally proves to be labor lost.”

Lost Work Half Hard Work Prove Labor Finished Finished Work

Book:The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

“If you don't have enough time to accomplish something, consider the work finished once it's begun.”

Ifs Enough Work Management Accomplish Finished Time Management Enough Time

Author:John Cage