Quotes About Priorities

I think I would have appreciated being at home with my kids a little bit more. Raising a child, surely that in itself is the biggest thing we're ever going to do?

I used to not care if I died, but once I married and had children and became part of a big surfing community, that changed.

When I went through my confirmation hearing to serve as surgeon general they asked me what my priorities would be and I didn't list loneliness in that priority list because it was not one at the time.

I don't want to be like these guys having neck surgery, then you got to go have another surgery just to continue to play this game. I love this game but I love myself more.

We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.

The Himalayan glaciers, China's trade surplus, Olympic ice hockey - the world is full of pressing subjects that people never consult me about.

I'm surprised that we've gotten to a point where we don't put our country first and put our party first.

I'm trying to surround myself during my life with the eight people I'd surround my bed with on my death.

Think of how much more time and energy we would have to focus on other things that matter if we weren't so busy surviving.

Once we call it by name, we can start having a real conversation about our priorities and values. Because the revolt against brutality begins with a revolt against the language that hides that brutality.

PomyÅ›lcie, jak wiele czasu i energii mogÅ'ybyÅ›my poÅ›wiÄ™ci? najró?niejszym wa?nym sprawom, gdybyÅ›my tylko nie byÅ'y a? tak zajÄ™te samym przetrwaniem.

Listen to me, Siddalee, and listen good: There is no excuse to let your looks go, no matter how poor you are. Cleanliness is next to Godliness, but honey let me tell you, ugliness will get you nowhere.

hope they remember that when they get older. When they count up the things I did and didn't do. I never gave the drinking a second

It's important that we clearly defined what we need from our home so we don't get distracted by what someone else might want if it were their home. (Happy Starts at Home: Getting the Life You Want by Changing the Space You've Got, Rebecca West)

Te?, po válce, se vÅ¡ak sebeobÄ›tování cení výÅ¡e než umÄ›ní pÃ…â"¢ežít.

Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight—how to get from shore to food and back again. For most gulls, it is not flying that matters, but eating.

sie würden Christus persönlich überfallen, um ein Pfund Salami zu ergattern.

From now on, every time you are about to say "I can't," think about what you really mean. Often it's a "polite" way of saying that something is simply not important enough to you right now, given your priorities.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Do not sweat the small stuff.

When we're busy making "other plans," our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away. In short, we miss out on life.

Remember, when you die, there will still be unfinished business to take care of. And you know what? Someone else will do it for you! Don't waste any more precious moments of your life regretting the inevitable.

I find that if I remind myself (frequently) that the purpose of life isn't to get it all done

Do I want to be 'right'—or do I want to be happy?