Quotes About Priorities

we have too many choices, too many decisions, too little time to do what is really important.

That is, by showing what happens after death, the texts emphasize what matters in life, providing insight into the purpose, meaning, and goals of human existence so as to encourage certain ways of being and living in the world: attitudes, dispositions, priorities, commitments, life choices, beliefs, practices, public activities, relationships—in fact, almost everything involved with being a sentient and conscious human being.

Even when lightning flashes inside them... we say they are only clouds and turn our attention to the next meal, next pain, next breath, the next page. This is how we go on.

As Lily Cavenaugh says in The Talisman (and it was Peter Straub's line, not mine), You can never be too thin or too rich. And if you don't believe it, you were never really fat or really poor.

Better to be dirty than dead.

Tyler rolls out of bed, sniffs the armpits of yesterday's T-shirt, tosses it aside, gets another out of the drawer. His dad sometimes asks him why he sets his alarm so early -- it's summer vacation, after all -- and Tyler can't seem to make him understand that every day is important, especially those filled with warmth and sunlight and no particular responsibilities. It's as if there's some little voice deep inside him, warning him not to waste a minute, not a single one, because time is short.

Courage isn't absenct of fear, it is the awareness that something else is important

How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

If you carefully consider what you wanted to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

Happiness - in part at least - the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice waht we want for what we want eventually

Frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values & priorities

Effective people lead their lives and manage their relationships around principles; ineffective people attempt to manage their time around priorities and their tasks around goals. Think effectiveness with people; efficiency with things.

it is that a meaningful life is not a matter of speed or efficiency. It's much more a matter of what you do and why you do it, than how fast you get it done.

It's easy to say "no!" when there's a deeper "yes!" burning inside.

People often find themselves achieving victories that are empty, successes that have come at the expense of things they suddenly realize were far more valuable to them.

The work will come again, but childhood won't.

the best thinking in the area of time management can be captured in a single phrase: Organize and execute around priorities.

How Many People on Their Deathbed Wish They'd Spent More Time at the Office?

True discipline means channeling our best hours into first-order objectives, and that means being a nonconformist in the best sense.

if God was at the center of your life, everything else would find its proper place.

How many on their deathbeds wished they'd spent more time at the office—or watching TV? The answer is, No one.

Remember, frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values and priorities.

Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas of life.