Priorities Quotes

There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers.

~ Dennis Lehane

Good for you and be proud of yourself because you have your priorities in order. Be proud of yourself if you are responsible, reliable, persistent, and take your job and education seriously.

~ Ana Monnar

Nothing won't change, until the choice is placed first. And until when choice is given a chance.

~ Anthony Liccione

Wellsted will remember this moment for the rest of his life. It is the first time he desires something for himself that is not dedicated to his own advancement. It is the moment he falls in love.

~ Sara Sheridan

No, I'm not one of those guys. I'd never get anything done if I rescued everyone who needed it. But I do like to help people I care about. That's why I'm here with you right now.

~ Lisa Brown Roberts

One thing I’d realized in the last year was that there were some things no one could give you permission to do. All the same, it didn’t mean you couldn’t or shouldn’t do them— particularly when it came to the big things, like saving the world, or journeying to a supernatural seam between realities, or bringing your boyfriend back from the dead.

~ Kami Garcia

There are so many problems to solve on this planet first before we begin to trash other worlds.

~ E.a. Bucchianeri

The greatest gains that we will ever experience arise from the greatest sacrifices that we have ever known.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

We might do well to take a look at what we’ve crammed into our pockets as it will say much about what we’ve crammed into our hearts.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

She feared that she would become a slave to superficial, symbolic duties.

~ Doris Kearns Goodwin

Put first things first and we get second things thrown in:Put second things first and we lose both first things and second things.

~ Jim George

Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.

~ Daniel Kahneman

Morality is all right, but what about dividends?

~ Kaiser Wilhelm Ii

If you bungle raising children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

~ Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

School plays were invented partly to give parents and easy opportunity to demonstrate their priorities.

~ Calvin Trillin

Your love life is insignificant when it comes to raising your children to be respectable human beings. The moment you see them suffer or lower their standards because of your selfishness, is the day you should realize that nothing matters more than them. You are not just the queen or king of your fairy tale. The real story of your life is the gift of time God gave you with them.

~ Shannon L. Alder

In trying to commit my life to finding and participating in some of the purposes of Christ, as I can determine them, my energies and abilities are gradually being focused and are working together.

~ Keith Miller

Try not to be like those who ignore the people that make them their priorities, but would never hesitate to chase those who don't have them in theirs.

~ Hafiz

Everything I touch makes me a little bit more like the thing I’m touching, so I’d better start paying attention to what I’m touching.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

When you know who you are, you know what to do.

~ Shelley Hendrix

Failing to fulfill your responsibilities is not only a reflection of your priorities, but also your integrity. Your actions define your character not the words you utter.

~ Tyconis D. Allison Ty

Stay alert! Don’t let someone’s words blind you from their behavior... They can say all the right things, they can make you feel things you've never felt before, but don't be fooled; their actions will reveal their true character, desires, and priorities. Behavior speaks; pay attention to what it tells you. Behavior is math; pay attention to what it reveals.

~ Steve Maraboli

All along, I was less concerned about walking a path of integrity and more caught up in a compass calibrated by greed. And with a compass such as this, how is it that I’m having a hard time understanding why I am where I am?

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

We don’t drift in good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.

~ Andy Stanley

I will either adamantly prioritize my agendas at the expense of the truth, or I will consistently bring my agendas into unrelenting obedience to the truth. And if for some reason you’re trying to determine who I truly am, the choice I make will tell you.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Only dedication to God’s calling can make you say a firm “no” to everything that is in the way of its fulfillment.

~ Sunday Adelaja

Your choices and decisions are a reflection of how well you’ve set and followed your priorities.

~ Elizabeth George

Eisenhower on Patton: Fundamentally, he is so avid for recognition as a great commander that he won't with ruthlessly suppress any habit that will jeopardize it.

~ Jean Edward Smith

Stop obsessing about where you invest your money. Focus instead, on where you invest your time.

~ Gyan Nagpal

Health first, then everything else.

~ Nancy S. Mure

Of course it was a terrible thing, and the world would be a much better place without someone in it who could do that, but did that mean we had to miss lunch?

~ Jeff Lindsay

If you had to jump six or seven feet or certainly drown, it's surprising how far even older people will jump.

~ Erik Larson

There are moments in life, and they happen so infrequently that they tend to really stand out, when life hands you the gift of perspective. Sometimes, we forget to show our appreciation. Sometimes, we get our priorities mixed up. And, sometimes, we forget how far we’ve come. But life always has a way of nudging you to remind you about these important things.

~ Cassia Leo

Some experimenters have reported that an angry face “pops out” of a crowd of happy faces, but a single happy face does not stand out in an angry crowd. The brains of humans and other animals contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news.

~ Daniel Kahneman

When you cannot do what you have always done, then you only do what matters most.

~ Robert D. Hales

When you streamline your schedule by making deliberate decisions about tasks and activities that are crucially important you and identify your most important priorities, you give yourself permission to make choices that excite and interest you. You also grant yourself permission to exercise your right to say, “No, thank you.

~ Julie Connor

I‘m very aware that my personal life, my marriage, is the source of speculation and interest in the department and with the public. I can live with that. I’m also aware that my husband’s businesses, and his style of conducting his businesses, are also the source of speculation and interest. I have no particular problem with that. But I resent very much that my reputation and my husband’s character should be questioned this way. From the media, Commander, it’s to be expected, but not from my superior officer. Not from any member of the department I’ve served to the best of my ability. I want you to take note, Commander, that turning in my badge would be like cutting off my arm. But if it comes down to a choice between the job and my marriage, then I lose the arm.

~ J.d. Robb

Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order.

~ Tahir Shah

The nobility of England would have snored through the Sermon on the Mount. But you'll labor like scholars over a bulldog's pedigree.

~ Robert Bolt

All of your precious resources - time, energy, talent, passion, and money - should only go to the areas of your life or your business that are best, are fixable, and are indespensable. Otherwise, average sets in and [your life] does not become what it was designed to be.

~ Henry Cloud