Priorities quotes
889 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing."
"Globalization can be very unjust and unfair and unequal, but these are matters under our control. Its not that we dont need the market economy. We need it. But the market economy should not have priority or dominance over other institutions."
"Your action expresses your priorities."
"Truth is not obtained cheaply. It demands much time given to prayer and study of the Scriptures, followed by practical application in our daily lives. It must take priority over the many forms of cheap entertainment offered by our secular culture. It is a lifetime commitment."
"Education makes us the human beings we are. It has major impacts on economic development, on social equity, gender equity. In all kinds of ways, our lives are transformed by education and security. Even if it had not one iota of effect [on] security, it would still remain in my judgment the biggest priority in the world."
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"If you make your relationship with your Inner Being your top priority, and you deliberately choose thoughts that allow your alignment, you will consistently offer the greatest advantage to others with whom you interact. Only when you are aligned with your Source do you have anything to offer another."
"I am a world expert on how to organise tasks in a senseless order, totally unrelated to priority, and thus create a massive panic leading up to an important deadline."
"God is not in a hurry to fix us. Our behavior is not his first priority. We are his first priority. Loving us, knowing us, affirming us, protecting us. That is his top goal and his main concern."
"If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder."
"Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever."
"Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve."
"NBC's priorities are Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno, and then there's me."
"The existence of poverty in the US should not be accepted as a necessary evil or insoluble problem, but should be considered a crisis requiring emergency measures. It is a matter of will and priorities, not a matter of resources."
"My first priority is my family. I am human. But my whole family knows what my priority is. Family is always first. But my work is under nothing else, except God."
"Making the family a top priority will invariably bring success."
"For me the most important thing is to spread the Hindu knowledge about the soul. This is more important than any other knowledge and is my main priority."
"You must also give mental and physical fitness priority."
"One of the greatest priorities of the church today is to mobilize the laity to do the work of evangelism."
"What does it matter how much we do if what we're doing isn't what matters most?"
"I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'"
"Health care is not just another commodity. It is not a gift to be rationed based on the ability to pay. It is time to make universal health insurance a national priority, so that the basic right to health care can finally become a reality for every American."
"Dealing with my own life takes priority over other people dealing with my life."
"The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion."
"The effort to strive for truth has to precede all other efforts."
"Be grateful more than anything in your life. If you have to put a priority on something, put a priority on what your thankful for and the people in your life that you're grateful for."
