Quotes About Prioritizing

True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary; dispense with the new pair of gloves; mend the old dress: live on plainer food if need be; so that, under all circumstances, unless some unforeseen accident occurs, there will be a margin in favor of the income.

I would never hold my children back from that. I would never want them to resent me for holding them back from their father's wedding.

You have to budget time for the inevitable problems that come up with children. You have to always be ahead of the game. If your proposal is due at NASA on Friday, it has to be finished on Wednesday because, on Thursday, it could be fevers and head lice.

When I've been working especially long hours, I make a point to spend an extra hour or two without my phone, doing something my children choose. They love the park or pool time, but mostly, they love my undivided attention.

My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry.

I think many parents who are not on tax credits have to make difficult decisions about how many kids they can have and how many kids they can afford.

I have a big life, a small child, I work, I do a lot of things, so I'm often playing catch-up with what's current.

My life so far tells me the best way to prepare for the future is prioritizing my current work. If I work hard to complete the current work, it paves the way for my next job.

As cute as baby clothes are... I try to buy less.

I learned from my dad's mistakes. I think that's why I'm so into my son. I bring him lunch every day: McDonald's, Taco Bell, whatever junk food a kid likes, I will bring it for him. I've canceled gigs so I could be at moments for him. That wasn't a big thing for my dad.

Every mom knows it's hard to take care of yourself while you're trying to take care of your children because, when you become a mother, you become so selfless.

First, buy things for their usefulness rather than their status.

Never ask of money spent Where the spender thinks it went. Nobody was ever meant To remember or invent What he did with every cent.

I suddenly realized that a bunch of my friends needed babysitters and vowed to start screening my calls.

I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.

As I preach to my congregation every Sunday when it comes to staying afloat financially and living within your means, there is nothing easy about easy payments. Learn to say the words "I can't afford it." —Kirbyjon Caldwell

There's so much to learn and so much of it not worth learning.

prioritizing the wrong outcomes: making participants feel good and giving them a good time. Simply stated, measuring entertainment value produces great entertainment, not change; measuring the wrong things crowds out assessing other, more relevant indicators

How wise she was, knowing when to let go, and having the strength and generosity to put the needs of the people she loved above her own.

I think more dating stuff is scheduling. It's needing people who understand your work schedule.

Inheriting the earth, for the psalm and for the Gospel, requires being humble, not in the sense of lowly, but in the sense of being able to listen to others, to share resources, to prioritize community rather than authority, to serve rather than to be served.

I refuse to work evenings or weekends. If a script sees my character meeting for dinner, I put a line through the words and make them meet for lunch.

We have a weekly date, even if it is just to take a walk in the park. We will go out to lunch or dinner and talk together about the kids, upcoming events, what we have coming up.

If the world's leaders are serious about improving collective well-being, we'd better get serious about prioritizing education in our nations and in our global discussion.