Quotes About Priorities

Life is so much when we focus on what truly matters.

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

CHRIST KNEW IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SERVE, EVEN IF DOING SO INTERRUPTED HIS PERSONAL AGENDA.

But we are wealthy, and our purses are so heavy that we cannot carry both our goods and his cross. So we cling to our wallets and leave the cross bearing to those who have less to surrender.

What would I do differently if I could do it all over again? I would put more emphasis on being a better husband and father. To the church or the university I would whip out a lot more noes, and a lot more yesses to my family. I would eradicate almost all of the 'Daddy's-too-busies,' and the 'later, darlings,' from my vocabulary.

Constanze d'Este loved you and all you might create together. You thought you loved her, but you loved yourself more.

Don't ask me to choose between an old love and the new. That's no choice at all.

It all depends on what you think is important, and, when the important stuff is happening, whether you're looking directly at it or looking away.

Perhaps there is no greater issue facing contemporary women than the choices they must make about balancing home and work.

life went rushing past and it preoccupied you, and suddenly you realized you were never going to read War and Peace or sit drinking blood-orange juice at a sidewalk cafe in Florence or sail the Greek islands for a month.

The women I know who have children and have careers, they seem to be very happy. They love their children and they love their jobs. But happiness comes out of being willing to do your work in your twenties to find out who you are, what you love.

I'm so happy and thankful I made it a point be a stay-at-home mom.

Empiezo a preguntarme si no me habré equivocado contigo, lamentable criatura. Tienes que aprender que todo aquello que puede comprarse con una cierta cantidad de dinero no es realmente importante.

She would have four husbands and dozens of lovers and tell her best friends she spent her life "searching for a man to look up to without lying down." She claimed the two sons she raised on her own were "my proudest accomplishment"—they came first and then "it's a photofinish between your work and your friends.

Nadie pretende que la gente viva en una barrica. Pero lo que sucede hoy en día me parece excesivo. Las personas son utilizadas mientras las cosas son valoradas, en lugar de que las cosas sean las utilizadas y las personas sean las valoradas.

Throughout our lives we miss opportunities to experience wonderful occurrences. It seems as though the excuse has to be lack of time. But we have choice as to our time is spent.

It's very trying on a marriage when you're doing a one hour show, week after week after week. You don't have enough time for people that maybe you should have top priority.

I'd actually rather go off with my family. This is another thing you don't advertise about yourself,

Sin dinero. Sin lugar para quedarse. Debe ser mi peor pesadilla. Pero no me importa. Es gracioso pensar en las cosas que crees temer, hasta que te suceden y luego ya no es así.

Meg invited me to come again, but I always had reasons why I couldn't: my schedule was busy, bus fare wasn't cheap. Both of which were true, even if they weren't the truth.

What about my parents?" "What about your parents?" "I can't let them down." "Even if it means letting yourself down? Which I doubt they'd want for you.

But now here I am: No money. No place to stay. It should be my worst nightmare. But I don't care. It's funny the things you think you're scared of until they're upon you, and then you're not.

The band. When you're with the band, I already have to share you with everyone. I don't want to add my family to that pot, too." Then she lost the battle and started to cry. All my annoyance melted. "You dumb-ass," I crooned, kissing her on the forehead. "You don't share me. You own me.

Penso no que a minha mãe me disse: que a pessoa deve sentir-se grata pelo que tem em vez de passar o tempo à procura do que pensa que quer. Aqui sentada no campus que ele frequentou noutros tempos, julgo que percebi finalmente o que ela queria dizer. Julgo que percebi finalmente o que significa desistir enquanto se vai na frente.