Quotes About Priorities

Don't you have something more important to do?" I asked him, flipping on the light on. "Like ruling the world or something" -Mercy

Sometimes, though, you have to do things for family, even if you'd rather not.

is coming due, and the family has to make some

If circumstances dictate that your disposable income has to come from eating ramen alongside your vintage Cantillon gueuze, so be it.

I'd rather be happy than be right." Probably

It's your right to not justify your behavior with excuses. You don't have to give reasons or agree to things you don't want to do because you're worried that your reason doesn't seem good enough. If you don't want to attend an event because you want to spend quality time with your dog, that's valid and no one can judge. You don't owe someone something just because your justification doesn't align with their values.

future selves as we focus on gaining short-term pleasure at the cost of long-term benefits.

His eyes begged: 'Could you love me?' Well, I could – but I had a lot of things on hand and it really would have to wait.

Many of us have merely added Christ to our lives as another interest in an already busy and otherwise overcrowded schedule. This sort of thinking has watered down the meaning of a personal relationship with Christ. The problem is that we often seek the God we want, but do not know the God who is.

God is more interested in the success of our character than the success of our circumstances.

Many of us are busy "doing" but are not keeping our personal relationship with God in tune.

You notice that he does not ask, Where am I?" says the Mayor's voice, moving out there, somewhere. "His first words are, Where is she? And his Noise says the same. Interesting.

I love that you're worried,' she says, 'but you're worried about all the wrong things.

The Apothecary was surprised. "You would give up everything you believed in?" "If it would save my daughters," the parson said. "I'd give up everything.

Don't worry about it," his father said, going back to his breakfast. "Worse things happen at sea." "What does that mean?" "It means we're going to pretend like it never happened," his father said, firmly, "because other things are going on right now.

La vida es demasiado corta para que os preocupéis por cosas sin importancia.

Our options are limited. Do we want to be wet tonight or hungry tomorrow?

La habría seguido y habría intentado resolverlo todo, pero ella ya estaba fuera, y faltaba menos de una hora para mi entrevista de admisiones. Además, si trataba de ayudar a todas las mujeres que Ambrose había traumatizado, no tendría tiempo para comer ni para dormir.

se decidió contra el amor y a favor de la vida. Dadas las circunstancias, ésta solo era posible sin aquél, y si él hubiera exigido ambas cosas, no cabe duda que habría parecido sin tardanza.

I have a family to support. And I'm not always going to be doing exactly what I want to do.

Ten presente el ejemplo de una vaca vieja, que se da por satisfecha durmiendo en un cobertizo. Tienes que comer, dormir y cagar, eso es inevitable, lo demás no es asunto tuyo.

Have you noticed we tend to be "yes" people to our friends and "no" people to our children?

We never had any children," he said ruefully. "Our work was our children.

I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now.