Quotes About Priorities

Poor people have big TV. Rich people have big library.

In the U.S., whichever party was in power wasn't interested in support for public health. Public health never competed well for resources in either the House or the Senate. Countries were like people: they didn't value health until they lost it. And then once they got it back, they returned to their old complacency.

There is absolutely nothing that can replace money in the things that money does, but regarding the rest of the things in the world, money is absolutely useless.

things in this life can be separated into two categories: Things that are valuable and things that matter.

It's great to have things as long as our things don't have us.

What we teach children to love and desire will always outweigh what we make them learn.

A budget is a moral document.

After a gig I always head back to the hotel, remembering granny's words of wisdom. I cancel the late-night pizza and watch the Jonathan Ross show instead.

Earlier in my life I thought the things that mattered were the things that you could see, like your car, your house, your wealth, your property, your office. But as I've grown older I've become convinced that the things that matter most are the things that you can't see -- the love you share with others, your inner purpose, your comfort with who you are.

Once you become a follower of Christ, your life isn't about you anymore; it's about Jesus. When you realize this truth, you will spend much less time trying to make sure others think well of you. Your first thought will be, I need Jesus, so I am going to praise and worship Him as my first act of the day. It won't be, How do I promote myself? No, it will be, How can I glorify Jesus and lift Him up so that others will see Him? I will only be visible in the background.

There are three things you can do to help you establish and adhere to correct priorities: List the most important priorities in your life in order of importance Prove those priorities in real ways Prepare to protect those priorities for the rest of your life.

Most lists of priorities should look something like this: God—seeking and serving Him personally Spouse Children (if you have any) Church—seeking and serving God together with fellow believers Extended family and special friends Work and career Hobbies and other interests

Jesus said, "But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly" (Luke 21:34).

When he's very small, forget about minor misbehavior and focus on the big stuff.

I touch the fuzzy letter I. The pins he's earned for varsity and captain. This is what we care about. How many pins we have. We want to be MVPs. The most valuable of all. What's so wrong with that? It's stupid, Beth would say. That's what's wrong with it.

Grace's boyfriend's parties became more important than trying to find ourselves. Maybe it's because we became afraid of what we'd find.

She felt her strong young body that she had never appreciated when she had it, constantly worrying that she didn't meet standards of beauty and not understanding how standards of health were so much more important.

and you know the first thing Dylan did when they started talking about how much money he could make? He went over in a corner by himself, and started scribbling down a list of who his friends were, because if he was gonna be rich, he'd have to know.

We've got so much in this life that all we know how to do is want more. So we concentrate on the wrong things--things we can see--as being the measure of a person. We think if we win something big or buy something snazzy it'll make us more than we are. Our hearts know that's not true, but the eyes are powerful. It's easier to fix on what we can see than listen to the still, small voice of a whispering heart.

A worldly wise and somewhat overbearing Lucy asks the good-hearted and somewhat naive Charlie Brown, 'Charlie, what would you rather do, be captain of the baseball team or marry the cute redheaded girl?' And Charlie replies innocently, 'Why can't I do both?' to which Lucy responds, 'It's the real world, Charlie Brown.' "60

I never regaled him with an account of what the children had done, the lateness of deliveries because of traffic, or the neighborhood gossip (unless it was a particularly juicy bit!). There's nothing less stimulating for a man than the day-to-day business of raising four children. That's woman's work. If she's lucky she revels in it. If not, she gets it done anyhow, and in the time allotted for it.

Can they do both? That's a huge balance, I think, with kids- trying to find the right- it's everything, you know, it's social life, it's academics, it's sports.

We have watched our educational system begin to fray because we have taken weapons for granted and preferred a strong military to an educated population.

I had three children while doing a show, as demanding as 'Good Morning America ' so this is - you know, it's almost like I'm less daunted about motherhood, and parenting at this point in time. And I think I'm just much more fit and healthy than I was 20-years-ago.