Quotes About Priorities

My family put a lot of emphasis on homework, so there weren't too many comic books or video games for me, when I was growing up.

My principal motivation is supporting my family, which is not a bad reason for getting up in the morning. That's always been my motivation - to take care of the people who rely on me.

You can't have a family when you're playing because you're away from home so much. So believe me, I won't be pitching forever. I won't make it to 300 wins or anything like that. No way.

I keep everything that is most important to me close to me: my family, my bible, my X-Box - just kidding.

I had to learn my faith and look after my family, and I had to make priorities. But now I've done it all and there's a little space for me to fill in the universe of music again.

I'm focusing on my family, raising my family, and staying blessed.

My obligation right now is to do well for myself, my family, my employees, for my companies. And that's what I do.

I had a family, I had children, I got married. My ambition changed.

When you're shooting a film, you really don't get to be a dad, and you don't really get to be a husband. You don't really exist at all. But I do drag my family with me on location whenever I can.

I know what it's like to have a family and not have insurance and really need it. As a comic, insurance was one of those sacrifices I made early on until I could afford it.

I used to feel competitive about a career, but now the only things I'm really passionate about are my family, the environment and Indians.

My kids and my family are number one; I enjoy them the most.

I don't want to become a superstar and not see my family anymore.

I've always said to people, "I don't care what you call me as long as the checks don't bounce and the family gets fed." But I never saw myself that way. I just saw myself as a novelist.

When you are young nothing is more important than football but as you get older, you get married, have kids and lose people. Then you realise your family is more important. This comes with age.

I'm really focused on my research almost 100 percent. That, and my family and kids.

Being with my family is very important to me, and touring is very important to me, too, because it's who I am. It's what I do.

And more so now, since having a family - I don't seek out any other acceptance.

If I ever have a family one day, everything else will pale in importance to that.

I have a daughter and a family.

I guess you could say I devoted myself so strongly to my music that for awhile I forgot about my family. But I only get one set of parents, and I think I forgot about that for a little while.

Why would I want to help them (the T -Wolves) win a title? They're not doing anything for me. I'm at risk. I have a lot of risk here. I got my family to feed.

I have a family to feed.

Cleaning your house while your children are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.