Quotes About Priorities

Regardless of who you are or what you do, however, remember that nothing is more important than your own sense of happiness and inner peace and that of your loved ones. If you're obsessed with getting everything done, you'll never have a sense of well-being!

If people wish to love a 7th century preacher more than their own families, that's up to them, but nobody else is obliged to take it seriously . . .

No te niegues a las cosas, y asegúrate de tener siempre algo que no te importe perder. Eso es lo importante.

They tell you to save the ship at all costs. No one ever talks about whether the passengers and crew deserve all that effort.

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. EMMA GOLDMAN

creencia negativa central: a favor de otro, debemos abandonar un sueño bueno y deseado.

the average Frenchman would shrug, as if to say: These notions of yours are all very fascinating, no doubt, but we make a decent living. Nobody has ulcers. I have time to work on my monograph about Balzac, and my foreman enjoys his espaliered pear trees. I think as a matter of fact, we do not wish to make the changes that you suggest.

Oliver used to have a theory he called Love, etc.: in other words the world divides into people for whom love is everything and the rest of life is a mere 'etc.,' and people who don't value love enough and find the most exciting part of life is the 'etc.

We all pursue what we think is best for us, even if it means our extinction. Sometimes, especially if it means that.

If you're going to be a grown-up," said Joan, "you've got to start thinking about grown-up things. And number one is money.

Work would be something I jogged along with; love would be my life.

I know what you think of me, Miles. I know what you--have thought of me. But I have a heart. I do have a heart. I just cannot afford to use it. Don't you see? Why can't you see this? Whereas you--may play at all of this as much as you like. There will always be someone for you. And that is the difference. I cannot afford to use my heart. And you--you choose not to use yours.' - Cynthia Brightley to Miles Redmond

But is not one a result of the other?" she asked. "Love and loyalty? I cannot see how could you prefer one to the other.

Once I have the target in my sights, he said, close to her ear, I think of what I love most in the world. What will happen if I miss? Will they be harmed? Will they go hungry? Will I see them again? He paused at length. Because I've learned that once you know what truly matters in life, and once you know who and what you truly love, then you know who you are...and your aim will always be true.

Would I cheat to save my soul? No. But to save my G.P.A.? Yes.

Never be ruled by possessions, and never, ever make wealth more important to you than your self-respect and your dignity. - Lady Taylor

It must be sheer hell for you to be cursed with such a pretty boy's face, he drawled. The agony of finding a different woman in your bed every night must wear you thin. I don't know where you get your stamina with this terrible burden you bear. The muscle in Ramsey's jaw flexed, which pleased Brodick considerably. We know you've had as many women in your bed as I have, Ramsey snapped. But I meant what I said. There are more important matters to discuss.

Family," she whispered. "So many people go through their lives with blinders on. They become self-involved and only want to think about their wants and their desires. They don't leave room for anything else, and then, too late, they realize how important their families were.

Not once did we ever have the money to buy them a single toy. AND

Un b?rbat tinde s? se piard? în m?runÅ£iÅŸuri mai mult decat o femeie.

How much significance could the roadway to others have when death was closer than one's companions?

This showed once again that everyone had something different to lose in this battle. Some were concerned for their lives, and some for those they cared most about: rays, sea horses, even the chickens that ran free in the streets of the city because they couldn't all be caught in time.

Iš vis? civilizacijos išradim? ?iabuviai daugiausia vertina degtukus, dvirat? ir šautuv?, jei jais žavisi, ta?iau ir j? nedvejodami atsisakys, jei tik užeis kalba apie karv?.

Feeding the family trumps conviction every time, Mary though, a basic law of the human condition.