Quotes about Priorities

You have to be able to face losing some things you might want in order to be free to do the right thing.

There are people who are not wealthy because they want to be comfortable.

Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now.

You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage — pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically — to say 'no' to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good.'

My work and my family are very important to me.

Many men need to pray for a new boss or a new job. But they should not keep sacrificing their lives and families for people who won't cry at their funeral. Men never lie on their deathbeds and wish they could have spent more time in the office. They always long to go back and spend more time with their wife and kids. If you prioritize God's priorities, He can give you greater favor at work, bless you in ways your job never could, and stretch out the income you do bring in.

Almost everything: all external expectations, all pride all fear of embarrassment or failure. These tings just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.

No matter how big a house you have or how slick a car you drive, the only thing you can take with you at the end of your life is your conscience.

If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.

Without constant activity, the threats of life will soon overwhelm the values.

People often ask me how I keep my priorities straight in life and I tell them that it is done by constantly straightening them out!