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Priorities Quotes


"The house is on fire, but go ahead - finish painting the verandah..."



"Put first things first and we get second things thrown in:Put second things first and we lose both first things and second things."


"It is better to focus on the mission than to earn money."


"When you rearrange, make it meaningful and significant. Don't rearrange just for the sake of rearranging. It would be as "pointless as rearranging the chairs on the deck of the Titanic. In other words, why waste your time on frivolous activities which could be easily undone or do nothing to contribute to the solution of your problem?"


"Do not waste time trying to deal with your enemies."


"Jesus never made miracles the center of His gospel."


"To put one's career before one's personal life is like putting death before life."



"The amount of time we give to something indicates it's importance to us."


"There are a lot of things in life other than having sex, but none of them worth wasting a minute."


"Once a woman goes over 25, she prioritizes 'financial security' in a potential lover. Love and good looks are just a bonus."


"I'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things."


"You must not be worried about your belly but worry about your soul."


"Give preference to things of the greatest lasting value."


"If it isn't urgent, worry about it later."


"Money spent, will never out value spent time."


"Do not pursue what you cannot keep."


"Losing excess fats through exercise is important, but losing useless friends is urgent. Treat urgent things first!"


"You can only take too much in pursuit of something you don't really want."


"When we overemphasise miracles we underplay kingdom principles."


"The only thing they valued higher than ammunition were Man United footballs."


"If something is truly important to you, you will find the time."


"Less time on trivialities that will mean nothing when you're old. In the end all that will matter is who you helped and how deeply you cared."


"Only you can know the difference between your wants and your needs, and your sacrifice of your life's time to both."


"It's all about 'Priorities'. There's No Such Thing as 'Busy'."


"If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you'll spend your life completely wasting your time. You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living, that is to go on doing thing you don't like doing, which is stupid."


"Clearly prize money received more serious attention than scurvy or signals."


"He's going to jail. He can't see. He can't hear. He can't take a leak that lasts under fifteen minutes. But he has an erection and all the other problems are small change. Next time around I'm coming back as a man. Priorities are clearly defined. Life is simple."
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