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Quotes About Priority

He hath no leisure who useth it not.
~ George Herbert
a loss unconsidered at the time. But to decide for anything is to decide against a multitude of other things. Taking is still more largely leaving. The full extent of this negative decision often escapes our notice, and through the very fact of choosing a good we blindly neglect a best.
~ George Herbert Palmer
Un bon projet exécuté tout de suite vaut mieux qu'un excellent projet exécuté la semaine prochaine.
~ George Patton
Sooner would be better than later, and now would be better than sooner." - Tyrion
~ George R.R. Martin
So do not waste my time. It is the most precious thing I have, time. It is the most precious thing any of us have.
~ George R.R. Martin
Once you eliminate your number one problem, number two gets a promotion.
~ Gerald M. Weinberg
The intellect of man is forced to choose Perfection of the life or of the work.
~ William Butler Yeats
All that a man hath will he give for his life.
~ Bible
The great rule of moral conduct is, next to God, to respect Time.
~ Johann Kaspar Lavater
Our costliest expenditure is time.
~ Theophrastus
The highest value in life is found in the stewardship of time.
~ Robert M. Fine
Wasted time means wasted lives.
~ R. Shannon
Does't thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
~ Benjamin Franklin
If time be of all things most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality, since lost time is never found again.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
~ Theophrastus
You can't move so fast that you try to change [a situation] faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.
~ Anonymous
"Safety first" has been the motto of the human race for half a million years; but it has never been the motto of leaders.
~ Anonymous
Do not have your concert first and tune your instruments afterwards. Begin the day with God.
~ James Hudson Taylor
Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a moment.
~ Pearl Bailey
One today is worth two tomorrows.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Lying here now, he'd never felt more focused, never had his life's purpose so clear: His one and only priority was keeping her alive and healthy and safe, and the strength with which he held that directive made him feel whole. He was who he was because of her.
~ J.R. Ward
Lying here now, he'd never felt more focused, never had his life's purpose so clear: His one and only priority was keeping her alive and healthy and safe, and the strength with which he held that directive made him feel whole. He was who he was because of her.
~ J.R. Ward
And to live even a few seconds longer, [...] was infinitely better than to die a moment earlier
~ Jack Finney