Quotes About Priorities

Americans are fed up with how things are going in the country right now. They see more job losses, rising debt and plummeting home sales. They feel let down by a government that passes one 2,000-page, trillion-dollar law after another instead of focusing on addressing the problems Americans worry about every day.

It is a much nobler thing to be a good wife than to be Miss America. It is a greater achievement to establish a Christian home than it is to produce a second-rate novel filled with filth.

what need of wealth and riches when he could lead a simple, contented life

Mandamiento enfermizo 2: Lo que haces es más importante que lo que eres

We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we are doing something worthwhile with our lives. Helping to reduce the appalling consequences of world poverty should be part of that reassessment.

I would not question the sincerity of vegetarians who take little interest in Animal Liberation because they give priority to other causes; but when nonvegetarians say that "human problems come first" I cannot help wondering what exactly it is that they are doing for human beings that compels them to continue to support the wasteful, ruthless exploitation of farm animals.

Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.

Did you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of this world every year?

You only have one life to live. How you live that life is your choice. As far as I know, no one has ever had 'I wish I had bought more stuff' inscribed on their tombstone. What you own can easily blind you to who you are and what you can be.

If the stuff you own is not helping you create the life you want, then let it go.

The exquisite world of imagination opened up by any powerful music is itself problematic, for it tempts listeners to put into words the feelings it arouses in them and so to visualise a composer's priorities and even personality. There must be few people who have played, sung, listened to or written about Bach's music who do not feel they have a special understanding of him, a private connection, unique to themselves, but ultimately coming from their idea of what music is and does.

los primeros ochenta años son los difíciles, después te mueres y te quedas muy tranquilo. Pues bien, ahora los primeros ochenta años no sólo son difíciles, sino que, a este paso, pronto serán todos laborables.

people who are predominantly present-oriented tend to be willing to help others but appear less willing or able to help themselves.

People did not come to God through Jesus as much as they saw the priorities of God in Jesus.

If they employ men to make music, then these men must abandon their work of ploughing, planting, and cultivation.

People aren't going to throw the kind of money at certain people that they used to.

One of the joys of being in love is that it clarifies your priorities. Complication arises from not knowing what you want.

money is always important if you grow up without it.

How come Angela drives a Porsche and you're driving a ten-year-old Volvo?' Kate asked as they drove away. 'I don't have self-esteem issues,' Amanda said

When I go to the beauty parlor, I always use the emergency entrance. Sometimes I just go for an estimate.

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

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

Housework won't kill you, but then again, why take the chance?

Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance.