Quotes About Priorities

For example, your child needs food, shelter, and attachment. He needs warmth and security. He needs to learn he is capable and can contribute. He does not need a tablet computer, a television in his bedroom, a miniature monster truck to drive

I think my children know that Mother's priority is to be with them first. But I don't think it has to be an either/or situation. Work is very important to me, and it wouldn't be in the best interest of my children for me to stay home seven days a week.

But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses

As he rode along William thought about all that he had learned from Moses Amyraut. He saw how pointless it was accumulating so many possessions. A single spark could take them all away. No, he told himself, there were more important things in life than social position and an abundance of possessions for him to strive for.

Morals are meant to be shared." He held me away for another moment, reading, then grinned and handed me the book. "I like this one." ..."It's better to love people than wealth. I love Dad, Mom, Kendall, Sandra, Nick, baby Stetson, and especially Hudson. I wouldn't trade them for a mountain of gold." "I love the word 'especially,'" he said. "And I love the person who wrote it." Then he bent over to kiss me.

What's my motto when it comes to money? Don't put so much emphasis on it!

For them, work is a way to afford life, but not a definition of who you are.

You're middle-aged, Daddy. What are you going to do with the second half of your life? Because, I'm telling you now, if you run through all of your money before you're eighty, don't come looking to me for a handout 'cuz I'll just put you in an old folks' home and go party.

I'm drowning--at home and at work. I want to give 100 percent on all fronts, but there are only so many 100 percents you can give before you realize there's nothing left.

A tree is a fantastic example of beauty, but who has time to look at a tree?

Different groups have different priorities. Because Hispanics tend to have low incomes, they support increases in government services, even at the cost of more taxes for others. Most Hispanics supported all five spending initiatives on the May, 2005 California ballot; most whites opposed all five.

She gave me money to buy condoms, and instead I bought a book of baby names. That's life. That's love. That's fiscally irresponsible.

I want my time to be taken up by chores, errands, appointments, and arguments. In other words, I want to get married.

Money isn't important, but you have to have enough, so you don't have to think about it. Thinking about money is a drag.

It's not worth trading sleep for a few extra hours at the office. Not only will it make you exhausted, it'll literally make you stupid

If it's constantly crazy at work, we have two words for you: Fuck that. And two more: Enough already.

Yet somehow it's still frequently seen as heroic to sacrifice yourself, your health, and even your ability to do your job just to prove your loyalty to THE MISSION. Fuck the mission. No mission (in business, anyway) is worthy of such dire personal straits.

In the long run, work is not more important than sleep.

In business, too many people obsess over tools, software tricks, scaling issues, fancy office space, lavish furniture, and other frivolities instead of what really matters. And what really matters is how to actually get customers and make money.

In the end, it's not worth paying much attention to the competition anyway. Why not? Because worrying about the competition quickly turns into an obsession.

The new luxury is the luxury of freedom and time. Once you've had a taste of that life, no corner office or fancy chef will be able to drag you back.

a better lifestyle that makes work enjoyable because it's not the only thing on the menu. Shed

Winning depends on where you put your priorities. It's usually best to put them over the fence.

Hackett found that leaders at "above average" companies are surprisingly different in this critical measure. They identify an average of just twenty-one priorities instead of 372. Editing the list isn't easy, but the payoff is huge. Time and money get tightly focused on the crucial activities that drive the firm's competitive advantage, and everyone has a clearer idea what to do and no problem deciding who's accountable.