Quotes About Priorities

in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.

sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up. Bernarda

En contra de lo que usted cree a pies juntillas, el universo no gira en torno a las apetencias de su entrepierna. Otros factores influyen en el devenir de la humanidad.

Tengo cosas que hacer. Después tendré toda la vida para morirme.

at my age either you begin to see things for what they are or you're pretty much done for. Only three or four things are worth living for; the rest is shit.

a principal diferença entre um homem e uma mulher é que um homem põe sempre o estomago à frente do coração. Uma mulher faz sempre o contrário.

Her father drove up and down car aisles, looking for a good slot. Who cared about a good slot? Just park the car already!

A common trait shared by people who have healed is that they cease being unreasonable in ways that no longer matter in the greater scheme of life.

Just remember, when you're old and alone, money makes a really poor companion.

Is this true? Those who had world' enough, that is, those engaged in a demanding daily vocation, were short of time while those without regular obligations had more than sufficient time, but no world?

My expression froze into a polite smile. I didn't want to tell her. I wasn't ready to tell her about the kids thing. We had more important things to talk about.

When someone's rattling on about blocked toilets, collapsing marquees, and penis-shaped birthday cakes, it's hard to convince yourself that you're in a life-or-death situation.

Because in the end, the measure of a well-lived life is not titles or riches. It's not even measured by the people we please, especially at the cost of our own souls. No, the true measure of a well-lived life is how well we love…and how well we are loved in return.

Alex: Rosie, I wanted you to be the first person to no that I've decided to become a heart surgeon! Rosie: Cool, does it pay well? Alex: Rosie, it's not about the money. Rosie: Where I come from, it's all about the money. Probably because I don't have any.

In truth, we're all just pottering, filling the time that we have here, only we like to make ourselves feel bigger by compiling lists of importance.

I'd live anywhere, - in one room, in the castle ruin right now – if it meant we could all just be together.

I'm not one of those people who live and breathes their job, I don't take it so seriously that I want to stay longer than I am paid for or want to socialize with people I spend most of my waking hours with and would never choose to say more than two words to in the real world.

Our life is made up of time. Our days are measured in hours, our pay measured by those hours, our knowledge is measured by years. We grab a quick few minutes in our busy day to have a coffee break. We rush back to our desks, we watch the clock, we live by appointments. And yet time eventually runs out and you wonder in your heart of hearts if those seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years and decades were being spent the best way they possibly could.

It is time of which we do not have enough; it is time that causes the war within our hearts, and so we must spend it wisely.

I've learned that a ten-minute shower and the gift of going to the toilet without a ticking clock restores much more in new parents than personal hygiene.

Statt Bündel mit ihren wenigen Habseligkeiten trugen die Menschen jetzt Pappbecher mit Starbucks-Kaffee in der einen und Aktenzeichen in der anderen Hand.

Arme Leute können nicht wählerisch sein, oder? Bedeutet das auch, wer wählerisch ist, kann nicht arm sein?

We are so good together when we're not talking about what counts. And my life counts. Blake, my life is so important to me. I know that. Do you? Because he's in there having a pint on his own and I don't think you're the slightest bit interested in him. You haven't asked one question about me since I've seen you, not one. He frowned while he thought about it. That might be ok for someone else. It was ok for me for a while, but not now.

Don't make your career your life. Let it be your passion. Let it bring you pleasure. But don't let it become your identity, you are so much more valuable than that.