Quotes About Priorities

But all the money in the world cannot make you happy either, so there has to be a balance.

But I also want to have a family with children one day, which is very important to me.

I love when I go out and I have my hair and makeup done, but I also like it when I'm just with the family because that's real.

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.

The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.

Health and education are always issues.

After you're older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money.

I want to warn twentysomething women that the old bargain has not changed all that much. You can only have it all if you do it all.

Marriage is no real excuse for not loving.

When a girl marries she exchanges the attentions of many men for the inattention of one.

Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you.

No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.

in the US and the UK we'd fought for more money at work, Scandinavians had fought for more time – for family leave, leisure and a decent work-life balance.

we were both home by 7pm in time for The Archers, it was a cause for celebration. More often than not, we only saw each other at weekends or encountered the other as a warm body in bed in the small hours, having worked late or been out with friends. But

For me, it's the simple life – spending more time in nature and with family. If you work too hard, you get stressed, then you get sick, and then you can't work at all.

You know you're going to get taxed a lot anyway, so you may as well just focus on doing what you love, rather than what's going to land you a massive salary.

Second, consider the timing and your other priorities. Are you just starting out or have you been in the workforce for a long time? Are you single or married; do you have children? All of these factors go into determining whether taking the risk is worth it. Third

But what if instead of trying to be nice, we respond authentically? What would that look like? For one, people would know where we really stand on the issues that are important to us. In addition, we would have more time to focus on making a difference and advancing our careers instead of trying to please other people.

We don't have time to argue. Nobody has time.

I've got all the money I'll ever need, if I die by four o'clock.

I don't have time every day to put on makeup. I need that time to clean my rifle.

If I'm ever stuck on a respirator or a life support system I definitely want to be unplugged. But not until I'm down to a size eight.

Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.

Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not faithfulness; days of joy, but not peace and happiness.