Priorities Quotes

“The problem with the world is that people are busy searching for keys but don’t know the locks that they would open.”
― Abhaidev, That Thing About You

“I am leery of suggesting the idea that endings are controllable. No one ever really has control. Physics and biology and accident ultimately have their way in our lives. But the point is that we are not helpless either. Courage is the strength to recognize both realities. We have room to act, to shape our stories, though as time goes on it is within narrower and narrower confines. A few conclusions become clear when we understand this: that our most cruel failure in how we treat the sick and the aged is the failure to recognize that they have priorities beyond merely being safe and living longer; that the chance to shape one’s story is essential to sustaining meaning in life; that we have the opportunity to refashion our institutions, our culture, and our conversations in ways that transform the possibilities for the last chapters of everyone’s lives.”
― Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

“All art involves conscious discipline. If one is going to paint, do sculpture, design a building or write a book, it will involve discipline in time and energy- or there would never be any production at all to be seen, felt or enjoyed by ourselves or others...
the balance of the use of time is a constant individual problem for all of us: what to do, what to leave undone. One is always having to neglect one thing in order to give precedence to something else. The question is one of priorities.”
― Edith Schaeffer, The Hidden Art of Homemaking

“If you're going to be a grown-up,” said Joan, “you've got to start thinking about grown-up things. And number one is money.”
― Julian Barnes, The Only Story

“Your choices will not all be between good and evil. Many will be choices between two good options. Not all truths are created equal, so you will need to establish priorities.”
― Russell M. Nelson, Accomplishing the Impossible: What God Does, What We Can Do

“If people cheat, it's because something other than the relationship is more important to them. It may be power over others. It may be validation through sex. It may be giving in to their own impulses.”
― Mark Manson, 2 Books Collection Series: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck & Everything Is F*cked

“All significant relationships have a price. It’s not that relationships are a sacrifice. After all, who wants a life of sacrifice? It is more a matter of priorities. We can’t do everything in life and we can’t be with everyone in life. In choosing what we will do and with whom, we automatically make priorities. If something is at the top of our list then other things have to come second or third or last.”
― Donna Goddard, Love, Devotion, and Longing

“It is OK to be a little selfish about my priorities.”
― Sean Covey, How to Increase Your Self-Worth

“Only God knows the future. When told by doctors in 2014 that cancer could cease function of his mind and body in two years or less, the author experienced a transition. Suddenly all priorities were rearranged in order of their eternal value. Many of those things that seemed so important the day before, became nothing: a grudge was dropped, a hurt forgiven, a threat dismissed, an apprehension set aside, a bucket list reduced to one or two accomplishments prior to death.”
― Gerald Maclennon, Wrestling with Angels: An Anthology of Prose & Poetry 1962-2016 Revised

“If I missed the sunrise of this day and if I let the sunset slip by unnoticed, I might ask if what captured my attention this day was worth the loss of this day because I can’t think of anything that’s that important.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“a great way to hide the truth is to write a lot of non-fiction”
― Dmitry Dyatlov

“Aprovéchate todo lo que puedas, pero no te entregues tú mismo: el sentido de la vida es no pertenecer a nadie más que a si mismo.”
― Ivan Turgenev, First Love

“Your angles don't matter, if the posture of your heart isn't right.”
― Andrena Sawyer

“The root of productivity is in personal priorities. Know what matters to you and why.”
― Melissa Steginus, Self Care at Work: How to Reduce Stress, Boost Productivity, and Do More of What Matters

“I’ve learned that people say they can’t put their goals at the center of life (family, time, travel, faith, health), but they have no problem putting work there at their expense. If that hurt, good. Change something.”
― Richie Norton

“There is no such thing as ‘I do not have the time’. This is all just a matter of priorities.”
― Maciej Aniserowicz

“The way one uses the money now is a reflection of his or her life philosophy pertaining to core values and priorities. What will differ during scarcity or abundance thereof is the amounts but never the proportions.”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Every day is a micro-representation of our entire lives, it starts with us having a lot of energy and world of possibilities ahead, but if we are not careful, we can end it feeling exhausted, frustrated and leaving many things undone as time is over... Thus, let's prioritize on what really matters in life every day!”
― Rodolfo Peon

“But if you really want something, you don’t punch it in the face. You stick with it until you stop wanting to hit it and start wanting to hug it, and then kiss it, and finally make sweet, sweet love to it that will leave you both in a shivering puddle of tears.

Until then, it’s absolutely fine to fake it ‘till you make it. Jump in with both feet. “Act as if.” Just remember you’ve got to actually put in the hours, and do the real, hard work of “becoming as if.”
― Aisha Tyler, Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation

“Over 50 percent of marriages end in divorce. Many people aren't even getting married to avoid that statistic. I contend that you get out of a marriage what you put into it. Make it a priority to date your wife, to take care of her needs, and grow the bond between you.”
― Josh Hatcher

“I am convinced that many people spend 80 percent of their time doing meaningless things that add little real value to their lives. Blissfully unaware, life lives them. Discipline starts when you stop wasting your life doing stupid things. Make an honest, detailed inventory of your days over the course of a week. Is how you spend your time reflective of your values and your vision? Cut out the waste, and you'll be amazed at how much time you have to act on your vision. It's not easy and it takes a lot of discipline. I don't get to follow every whim or do everything I want to. The pay-off, however, is that I go to sleep every night with full confidence that I am fully alive and doing the work required to go where I want to go. Don't half-ass everything, whole-ass what really matters.”
― Chris Duffin, The Eagle and the Dragon: A Story of Strength and Reinvention

“In an alarming turning of the proverbial tables, we repeatedly tell ourselves that what we ‘want’ is in fact what we ‘need.’ And if we ever dare push back our greed sufficiently so that we can catch even the slightest glimpse of the carnage wrought of ‘wants’ unleashed, pursuing our ‘needs’ will quite quickly end up being all that we ‘want.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Productivity refers to both the action and the result of a process that centres on assessing one’s priorities and then acting on them.”
― Melissa Steginus, Self Care at Work: How to Reduce Stress, Boost Productivity, and Do More of What Matters

“Productivity is all about doing the right things and doing them well. It’s about moving forward in the direction that’s right for you.”
― Melissa Steginus, Self Care at Work: How to Reduce Stress, Boost Productivity, and Do More of What Matters

“There's nothing like a good night's sleep to remember what your priorities are.”
― Amy Reed, The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World

“Value your values by demonstrating your values.”
― Richie Norton

“An uncontrollable need to feed and pass along her infection had become her sole priority.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“remember you must always put your country first, your family second, and yourself third.”
― Prince Serge Oblensky, One Man In His Time: The Memoirs Of Serge Obolensky

“Another past midnight where we have argued until almost dawn. These days we don’t count on the sun to fix our quarrels anymore,
None of Us is always Wrong.

In this fighting field of love
Nkem, you are the chaos at my feet.

You are the thing I want most to put back together, also the thing that is killing me.

The problem?
I think of you at 8:00 AM.
You think of me at almost midnight.

Bored or lonely,
I’m the one you heart frequents.

And yes, yes you love me.
But only on the weekends.”
― Ezinne Orjiako, Nkem.

“Focus on your priorities before your priorities lose focus on you”
― Sarah Leigh