Quotes About Prioritization

Since then, I've subjected my impulses to leave for work to a three-step protocol: 1) Is it necessary that I go at this moment? 2) Is there something at home that I want to avoid? 3) Will I be letting anyone down by leaving right now?

Question: Who do you go to first? The boy you love or the boy you love's dog?

Why was punishing yourself more important than what she wanted?

So take whatever time you need. Figure out how you feel. Figure out if Dean makes you feel the way I do, if he'll ever let you in, and if you want him to, because the next time my lips touch yours, the next time your hands are buried in my hair—the only person you're going to be thinking about is me.

had spent a lifetime treating me like an afterthought, if that. I hadn't seen him in more than a year. But now that I'd inherited billions? There he was.

Why was pushing yourself more important than what she wanted?

Even if no one else loves you, you can. Even if no one else ever puts you first, you can.

And at the end of the day, he'd chosen me. Over family. Over his mother.

no me gusta vivir esclava de los moños, me arreglo lo posible, todo lo que cabe, sin derrochar un tiempo que debo dedicar a cosas mejores. Para

I care nothing in comparison with papa. And I'll never -- never--oh, never while I have my senses, do an act or say a word to vex him. I love him better than myself, Ellen; and I know it by this: I pray every night that I may live after him; because I would rather be miserable than that he should be: that proves I love him better than myself.

Le quiero más que a mí misma, Ellen. Lo sé por esto: rezo todas las noches para sobrevivirle, porque prefiero ser yo desgraciada a que lo sea él. Eso me demuestra que le quiero más que a mí misma.

I would rather be miserable than that he should be: that proves I love him better than myself.

I love him better than myself, Ellen; and I know it by this: I pray every night that I may live after him; because I would rather be miserable than that he should be: that proves I love him better than myself.' 'Good words,' I replied.  'But deeds must prove it also; and after he is well, remember you don't forget resolutions formed in the hour of fear.

Lo quiero más que a mi misma, Ellen. Lo sé porque todas las noches rezo para que yo le sobreviva, porque prefiero ser yo desdichada a que lo sea él. Eso prueba que le quiero más que a mí misma.

Une personne qui n'a pas fait la moitié de son ouvrage de la journée à dix heures risque de laisser inachevée l'autre moitié.

for every thought she spends on Linton, she spends a thousand on me!

People make time for what matters to them.

But one thing I have to say about Darcy and dating is this: she never blew us off for a guy. She always put her friends first- which is an amazing thing for a high school girl to do.

Let us not overlook vital things, because of the bulk of trifles confronting us.

Leave something for someone but don't leave someone for something.

The great Stephen King once wrote don't sweat the small stuff, which I mulled over for long enough to realise that I don't entirely agree with it. I get what he means: we all have enough major sorrow in our lives without freaking out over the day-today hangnails and such, but sometimes sweating the small stuff helps you make it through the big stuff.

Do your best to rein in your desire. For if you desire something that isn't within your own control, disappointment will surely follow; meanwhile, you will be neglecting the very things that are within your control that are worthy of desire.

If then you desire (aim at) such great things, remember that you must not (attempt to) lay hold of them with a small effort; but you must leave alone some things entirely, and postpone others for the present.

Care for your body as needed, but put your main energies and efforts into cultivating your mind.