Quotes about Prioritization

Our problem is not too little time, but making better use of the time we have. Each of us has as much time as anyone else.

We always have more ideas than we can fund.

Our days are like identical suitcases. Even though they are all the same size, some people are able to pack more into them then others. The reason? They know what to pack.

Learn to say no; it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.

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.

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

remain steadfast in pursuing your mission, always willing to shed distractions.

And yet, while there is only the one thing we can care for and devote ourselves to, we choose instead to care about and attach ourselves to a score of others: to our bodies, to our property, to our family, friends and slaves. [15] And, being attached to many things, we are weighed down and dragged along with them.

The only time I waste is time I spend doing something that, in my gut, I know I shouldn't. If I choose to spend time playing video games or sleeping in, then it's time well spent, because I chose to do it. I did it for a reason - to relax, to decompress or to feel good, and that was what I wanted to do.

The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.

I'm a master at getting as much in a day as possible.