Quotes About Priorities

We only have one life to give, and we should be careful who and what we give it to.

You will invest in something as you live your life, so make sure it is something that will pay dividends you will enjoy.

Nobody on their death bed ever worried about their bank balance.

Therefore I tell you, stop being perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing? Matthew 6:25

No matter what we own, we will not be happy if doing God's will is not a priority in our lives.

Anyone who tries to keep all the people happy all the time will never fulfill their destiny.

In God's economy, we usually have to be willing to lose something we have in order to gain what we really want. Why hang on to something that is never going to satisfy you anyway? Don't live under the tyranny of what people think. Stop trying to convince them of your good intentions and let them think what they want to think. God is your defender; He will vindicate you in due time. What can someone's thoughts do to you anyway? Why live your life being afraid of a thought?

being a garbage dump for other people does not promote peace for me, and I want peace more than I want to know what is going on in everyone else's life.

We have to be willing to lay aside our own desires.

Take a minute to stop and look closely at the reasons you are doing the things you currently do. If any of them are being done out of fear, then eliminate them. You will be amazed at how much time you may have if you have a Spirit-led schedule rather than a people-driven one.

We should want Him more than anything. If we seek Him first, then all other things will be added to our lives.

But if we want God's peace and joy, we can't waste our time trying to be people-pleasers.

on. Colossians 3:1–2 says: If then you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, thus sharing His resurrection from the dead], aim at and seek the [rich, eternal treasures] that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth (emphasis added).

Too many commitments will keep us from developing our potential. Letting other people control us will keep us from developing our potential. Not knowing how to say no will keep us from developing our potential. Getting overly involved in someone else's goals and vision or becoming entangled in someone else's problems instead of keeping our eyes on our own goals will keep us from fulfilling our potential.

His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. Matthew 6:32,33 It is clear that God's children are not to be like the world!

Sure," Dan said. "He was one smart dude. Get married or go lie on a beach. No contest. Even with the volcano, the dude was ahead.

If being wealthy costs you the right to relax and enjoy life, then the price of wealth is altogether too high.

What kind of choice is it, really, when motherhood forces you into a delicate balancing act -- not just between work and family, as the equation is typically phrased, but between your premotherhood and postmotherhood identities? What kind of choice is it when you have to choose between becoming a mother and remaining yourself?

It's funny how you can grow away from your friends, when just a few years ago they were the most important people in your life.

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then, do what you need to do, in order to have what you want. MARGARET YOUNG

Such are they who buy the life of this world at the price of the Hereafter. Their punishment shall not be lightened for them, nor shall they be helped.

You can get all A's and still flunk life.

I've lived in this city all my life. I grew up on the Upper East Side. And when I was ten years old, I was rich, I was an aristocrat. Riding around in taxis, surrounded by comfort, and all I thought about was art and music. Now, I'm 36, and all I think about is money.

Even while you paid attention to what you must do today and tomorrow, you heard the receding sound of what you had relinquished.