Priorities Quotes

Even those who know better, such as the King, nurse strange ideas about me as a prophet. They do not understand that I am given to see only those matters that roil the heavens. They expect me to know everything.

~ Geraldine Brooks

The often-used phrase “pay attention” is apt: you dispose of a limited budget of attention that you can allocate to activities, and if you try to you try to go beyond your budget, you will fail.

~ Daniel Kahneman

We each have 24 hours in a given day, how we choose to spend each moment determines how spent we are”! EL

~ Evinda Lepins

Some people exert more energy on less important things, some people exert less energy on less important things.

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Time is our most valuable nonrenewable resource, and if we want to treat it with respect, we need to set priorities.

~ Albert-László Barabási

Every hour you are not going after your passion, making your dreams a reality or defining your purpose is an hour you can't get back. Is what you're doing right now, this day, this moment getting you closer to where you want to be? If not, readjust your focus. It's your future. Go get it!

~ Elizabeth Bourgeret

It is more important to be than to do, for if I am what God wants me to be, then I will do what He wants me to do. If I try to promote a program, however well-meaning, without personal holiness, it will be tainted by the defects of my life. It may lack the direction of full knowledge of the Word, or the discernment of maturity, or the direction that comes through unclouded fellowship with the Lord. Primarily we do not need to develop programs, but people.

~ Charles C. Ryrie

At the end of the day, you should try to remember that it's not about the number of followers you have or the numbers of likes, comments, and shares your posts are getting.It's the number of people who will be present in the hospital room when you fall terribly sick.It's the number of people who will remember your birthday like they remember their first name. It's the number of people who will invite you to celebrate Christmas or new year's eve.It's the number of people who will actually show up to look at your newborn child or to bless your newly bought house.It's the number of people who will actually cross an ocean to see your face.It's the number of people who will wipe your tears when one of your parents passes away.It's the number of people who will make a slightly larger than a thumb effort to be there for you.

~ Malak El Halabi

I do not understand people who will lustily throw $40,000 at the shiny red automobile of their choice, but well up with tears and become outraged when they are asked to pay $5 for a damaged videotape. Either they are fucked up and their priorities are fucked up or I am fucked up and my priorities are fucked up. Because I am me, I think it is them.

~ Don Borchert

Her eyes are shockingly black - shocking not because black eyes are particularly rare, but because she's wearing smoky gray eyeshadow and dark eyeliner to accentuate them further. Makeup, while the world is ending.

~ N.k. Jemisin

The fact that the price of gasoline has declined some in recent weeks must not allow Americans to be lulled into a false sense of security. Energy independence must rank along with border security as the top priorities of the United States.

~ Virgil Goode

Deadlines aren't bad. They help you organize your time. They help you set priorities. They make you get going when you might not feel like it.

~ Harvey Mackay

Earmarks are almost always inserted by a member of Congress without any notice to other members, and without a chance for Congress as a whole to debate a particular earmark as they relate to national priorities.

~ Marsha Blackburn

The Puritans' sense of priorities in life was one of their greatest strengths. Putting God first and valuing everything else in relation to God was a recurrent Puritan theme.

~ Leland Ryken

All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September 11 and thought him to have the requisite leadership skills, they continue to harbor doubts about his priorities, loyalties, interests, and policies.

~ Thomas E. Mann

The space industry is developing and delivering benefits that tie into our immediate needs and priorities here on Earth-for example, medical and materials research, and satellite communications.

~ Marc Garneau

Public health and safety are my highest priorities.

~ Kate Brown

I've never made football my priority. My priorities are my faith and my dependence on God.

~ Bobby Bowden

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.

~ Tony Blair

Our life is the sum total of all the decisions we make every day, and those decisions are determined by our priorities.

~ Myles Munroe

Nobody's life is ever all balanced. It's a conscious decision to choose your priorities every day.

~ Elisabeth Hasselbeck

We live in a changing world, but we need to be reminded that the important things have not changed, and the important things will not change if we keep our priorities in proper order.

~ S. Truett Cathy

Like it or not, the world evolves, priorities change and so do you.

~ Marilu Henner

I've always been a strong supporter of environmental protection and initiatives in that area. But I'm willing to set priorities. If we have to make reductions in one place, we'll have to-in order to increase another place, I'm willing to do that.

~ Judd Gregg

Beyond reducing individual use, one of our top priorities must be to move from fossil fuels to energy that has fewer detrimental effects on water supplies and fewer environmental impacts overall.

~ David Suzuki