708 Quotes About Priorities

The simple choice to pray usually happens to the exclusion of something else in our lives. Often that something else is frivolous, but at times prayer must come at the expense of important things, such as our own work, our sleep or our time with loved ones.

The problem with the world is that people are busy searching for keys but don’t know the locks that they would open.

I'm not at all contemptuous of comforts, but they have their place and it is not first.

In a now-famous Rogers dictum, delivered in speeches and in his books, he advises adults: “Please, think of the children first. If you ever have anything to do with their entertainment, their food, their toys, their custody, their day care, their health, their education – please listen to the children, learn about them, learn from them.

Drummond appreciated his guest's initial silence, his respect for the ancient, sacred act of imbibing. Drink first, talk later.

When you say, ‘I don’t have the time,’ what you’re really saying is ‘I won’t make the time.

We know the importance of being healthy but only a few of us are able to manage it. We often have other priorities in life which come in the way of our desire to be healthy. We wish to be successful in life, make lots of money and achieve fame and appreciation in the world. Sometimes, we end up fulfilling these desires by sacrificing our health.

Time is something that you make decisions about. You make time, you don’t have it. You make time for what matters to you.

Knowing your responsibilities doesn't make you mature but acting up on it does.