Quotes About Prioritization

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Always eat grapes downwards that is, always eat the best grape first; in this way there will be none better left on the bunch, and each grape will seem good down to the last.

Always eat grapes downward — that is eat the best grapes first; in this way there will be none better left on the bunch, and each grape will seem good down to the last. If you eat the other way, you will not have a good grape in the lot.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of the spring: no man can, at the same time, fill his cup from the source and from the mouth of the Nile.

Now public business takes up so much of my time that I must get time a Sundays or a nights to look after my own matters.

Lots of people do things lots better than lots of others; but, today, so many people do so many things very well, and so many people are seriously interested in so many different things people do for their own different reasons, you can't call any thing the best for every person, or even every serious person. So you just pay real attention to the real things that affect you; and don't waste your time knocking the rest.

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

The path of joy involves valuing yourself and monitoring where you put your time.

My goal now is to remember every place I've been, only do things I love, and not say yes when I don't mean it.

but me you have forgotten or you love some man more than me

One of the nice things about being busy is it makes you focus on what's important to you and how you use your time.

You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment.

I'm a mother of five, and raising five babies, little children, you have to make use of time in a very effective way. So, I think that may have trained me.

People tell you keep your job, start the company on the side. If I'm doing it on the side, then probably one of the reasons it fails is because I didn't dedicate enough time to it.

The fact is that you can't do everything that you have to do. You have to procrastinate on something. Therefore, procrastinate on small tasks.

Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first.

I can't afford to spend my time with anyone - there's only enough left for myself

I you don't value your time, no one else will.

No one finds time for prayer. You either take time for it or you don't get it.

There is a time for everything. There is a time when I sit down, I concentrate myself on the problem of my bills, but I would not worry before that. One thing at a time.

There is no bigger waste of time than doing 90% of what is necessary.

I can be a bit of an overachiever and always dance that line of balance between giving myself to work versus giving time to myself and loved ones.

I don't care how busy I am - I will always make time for what's most important to me.

Without fail, the days that I start off the right way with a little devotional time and putting God first. Those days are really good days.