Quotes About Prioritization

The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.

Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not those fifty things I dabble in.

If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

If one man offers you democracy and another offers you a bag of grain, at what stage of starvation do you prefer the grain to the vote?

The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential.

There's a saying in engineering: You can build things cheap, fast, or right, but not all three.

A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.

It is quite important to withdraw from all unnecessary cares and business, as far as compatible with the duties of one's state of life, in order to enter the second mansion.

do not try to get so much that you achieve nothing. Look

Is everything as urgent as your stress would imply?

Stretching oneself too thin is the disease of modern life — letting oneself get too thick, the other.

I try to avoid stress — it makes me feel like I'm rubber-stamping all my organs "Urgent!"

Like steam from a cup of hot tea that fogs our glasses, false urgency of matters at hand blurs our vision to important things in the distance.

All unimportant matters drop off you in ragdoll pose. Very few things are genuinely important. The Truth sways before you.

If today was the last day of my life, would I be happy with what I'm about to do?"[8]

Driving with one foot on the accelerator and the other on the brake is likely to get you nowhere, but certainly will burn out vital parts of your car. Similarly, cutting taxes on the middle class, but increasing them on the 'rich' is likely to result in an economic burnout.

Since when did pursuit of quality of life trump actual quaility of life?

I have been her greatest foe, and she my biggest protector. Her heart is so pure, like a child's. She gives without thinking. She longs to have beautiful things, I see it in her eyes, but she always thinks of us first.

Your time, energy and resources will get used no matter how well you focus them. By choosing to focus properly, you get the highest return for the efforts you invest in your life. Most people spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important. Productivity is not just about getting things done, it's about getting the right things done.

Pile up too many tomorrows and you'll find that you've collected nothing but a bunch of empty yesterdays.

You need to be happy with yourself before you commit to somebody else for happiness

Erst Kunst und dann Nusseis, das ist die richtige Reihenfolge.

When you play, play hard when you work, don't play at all.

If the first thing you do when you wake up is reach for your phone, the signal you are sending your brain is that the needs of others –the messages on your phone –are more important than your own needs.