Quotes About Priorities

It's nice, being brought up with no money at all. It's just not how I measure success, so that makes it a bunch easier.

Men didn't understand that you couldn't let yourself be consumed with passion when there were so many people needing your attention, when there was so much work to do. Men didn't understand that there was nothing big enough to exempt you from your obligations, which began as soon as the sun rose over the paper company and ended only after you'd finished the day's chores and fell exhausted into sleep against the background noise of I-94.

The opportunity to earn a dollar in a factory just now is worth infinitely more than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera-house.

My whole soul was so bent upon reaching Hampton that I did not have time to cherish any bitterness toward the hotel-keeper.

Don't count too much on God," said Mitrofanii, quenching his spiritual son's optimism. "He has plenty of other things to worry about besides boot heels.

Our meetinghouses are designed so that we may enjoy socials, dancing, drama, even sports. All of these are important. But these auxiliary activities should be subdued when compared with what the world is doing.

But don't be worried about our competitors because they`re never going to send us any money anyway. Let's be worried about our customers and stay heads-down focused."15

But don't be worried about our competitors because they`re never going to send us any money anyway. Let's be worried about our customers and stay heads-down focused.

Oh, honey, I'm as messed up as the rest. I just learned not to care so much. You know? We fight wars for freedom, right, and then what do we do with that freedom? We tie ourselves down with possessions and debt and, well, other people. If I seem happy, it's because I do what I want when I want." Megan

It's just that . . . when you have kids, it just changes things." "Do me a favor, Yates. Please don't give me that having-children-alters-you spiel. I listen to that crap enough from my painfully few friends.

When you have a child, you are never number one again. Someone is more important than you. It changes your worldview. It has to.

It will hurt if you justify your choices based on material rewards.

When you say, "I have no time to spend with my family," you are really saying, "Making money in the business is more important than my wife and children.

I shall never marry, Atticus. Why? I might have children.

Sometimes we have to kill a little so we can live.

There are just some kind of men who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.

There are just some kind of men who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one.

Hay hombres tan ocupados en acongojarse por el otro mundo que no han aprendido a vivir en este.

Ci sono degli uomini... che si preoccupano tanto dell'altro mondo da non imparare mai a vivere in questo.

Sometimes I think I'm a total failure as a parent, but I'm all they've got. Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I've tried to live so I can look squarely back at him

He so nearly understood. I'll marry you, Hank, if you bring me to live here at the Landing. I'll swap New York for this place but not for Maycomb.

There are just some kind of men who – who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one

There are just some men who -- who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one [...]

What I meant was, if Atticus Finch drank until he was drunk, he wouldn't be as hard as some men at their best. There are just some kind of me who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.