Quotes About Priorities

August: You know, somethings don't matter that much...like the color of a house...But lifting a person's heart--now that matters. The whole problem with people-- Lily: They don't know what matters and what doesn't... August:...They know what matters, but they don't choose it...The hardest thing on earth is to choose what matters.

You know, some things don't matter that much...Like the color of a house. How big is that in the overall scheme of life? But lifting a person's heart - now, that matters.

The whole problem with people is they don't know what matters and what doesn't.

The whole problem with people is...they know what matters, but they don't choose it.

Being in love and getting married, now, that's two different things. I was in love once, of course I was. Nobody should go through life without falling in love. But didn't you love him enough to marry him? I loved him enough, I just loved my freedom more.

The whole problem with people is they know what matters but they don't choose it. ~Secret Lives of Bees

The problem is [people] know what matters, but they don't choose it.

But you didn't love him enough to marry him?" She smiled at me. "I loved him enough," she said. "I just loved my freedom more.

They don't know what matters and what doesn't I was gonna say, The problem is they know what matters, but they don't choose it

You know, some things don't matter that much, Lily. Like the color of a house. How big is that in the overall scheme of life? But lifting a person's heart—now, that matters.

I was gonna say, The problem is they know what matters, but they don't choose it. You know how hard that is, Lily? I love May, but it was still so hard to choose Caribbean Pink. The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters.

Egy embert boldoggá tenni – tudod, ez az, ami számít. Az emberekkel az a legnagyobb baj, hogy… – … hogy nem tudják, mi számít, és mi nem! – Én úgy mondanám, a baj az, hogy tudják, mi számít, és mégsem azt választják.

I'm 16 years old. Let me get my learner's permit first. then I'll worry about lifetime commitments

I didn't grasp that desire and duty could rival each other, least of all that they most often did.

In fact the great truth of life is that the things most people think are important aren't really important at all.

Career now....Men, whenever.

I thought I was looking for something. Now I get that I was looking for someone. You. I'll go back to school and get my degree because it will make you happy. But also because it will make me the kind of man you want. This all about you, Aurelia. Don't you get that?

and, whatever the jealousies and grievances from the past that have made us wary and cranky with each other, when something like this happens (the sky is falling, the sky is falling!) you understand what's really important.

This wasn't about him and his grief. It was about figuring out what was best for Derek's kids. If he started letting himself feel his loss in the depths of his soul, he might get sucked so far down into a dark hole that he'd never find his way out. And that would make him useless to these children.

great guy. Wait till you get to know him." I didn't wait, Sophie thought. I fell right into bed with him. "It would never work. I still don't want kids," Daphne said. "I never will. I'm the oldest of five, and I raised my younger brothers and

I read sixty books last year." "Geez," he said. "Why?" "'Cause there wasn't time to read more

suppose the sisters are my garden," she said. "They are the growing things I am meant to cultivate and serve." A twinkle came and went and her voice grew determined. "I will simply have to be firm about my own priorities, that's all.

But I was too many things, and wanted too many things, and could never decide which ones might (if I would pay them the proper attention) be most important.

The question that is so clearly in many potential parents minds: Why should we stunt our ambitions and impoverish our lives in order to be insulted and looked down upon in our old age?