Quotes About Prioritization

Done is better than perfect if perfect ain't done.

You owe it to you to put yourself first. When you take care of yourself, take the time to see yourself, and get comfortable with being you, only then can you start to take care of other people, see other people, and be comfortable with other people.

This neighborhood is a lifeboat in a storm we can't stop. Only so many people can be in our boat, no matter how many swimmers you see bobbing about in the ocean. If you try to pull in too many, you sink. You save nobody, including those who were in the boat. Our priority has to be those who are in the boat, because we can't save all of those who need to be in the boat. Our only exception has been when those on the outside can make our lifeboat stronger and more self-sustaining.

When we let busyness crowd out the sacred, we get lonely. When we let our schedules crowd out God, we are left feeling desperately depleted.

I will be loyal to my Clan above everything. What I want doesn't matter. The Clan must always come first.

He hoped that if he ever had to choose, he really would put his Clan before his brother.

Only Skystar looked unconvinced. "So the rule on boundaries comes last now?" Gray Wing looked at the SkyClan leader. "Perhaps it should have come last all along.

The devil take the hindmost!

She hoped the examination would not take too long because she had to take Patty to her art class, shop for tonight's dinner, and fix the hem of Patty's new dress for her sixth birthday party next week.

What I would like to say to you in conclusion is this: romance is the dessert. If you are hungry, you need to be working on the main meal - yourself. That means learning how to fulfill yourself first, and once you have achieved that, then you will be ready for dessert!" - Raeleen

God, the hardest thing he'd ever done in his life was giving up what he wanted so that the woman he loved could get what she needed.

I kinda see my current position like this: Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before 'Chuck Woolery' rings the bell.

If we would spend on education half the amount of money that we currently lavish on sports and entertainment, we could provide complete and free education for every student in this country.

This character trait ("flaw" is probably a better word) had caused some tension with Anna early in our marriage. But we had struck a deal: I would work in the morning on weekends and holidays and in the afternoon and evening devote my full attention to family and recreation.

but sometimes it seemed that she put the fund ahead of the interests of the broader financial system.)

which would cut into my prep time.

He who gains time gains everything.

One good husband is worth two good wives, for the scarcer things are, the more they are valued.

Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be hindered tomorrow. One today is worth two tomorrow's; never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

You may delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.

Remember that time is money.

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.