Quotes about Prioritization

We prove the value we attach to things by the time we devote to them.

Just because something is good doesn't mean we should pursue it right now. We have to remember that the right thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing.

How can I lead people into the quiet place beside the still waters if I am in perpetual motion? How can I persuade a person to live by faith and not by works if I have to juggle my schedule constantly to make everything fit into place?

If you are too busy in your church activities to take care of your family, then perhaps we had better find something else for you to do.

That one special thing that you always wanted to accomplish never gets done because you lived each day under the tyranny of the urgent.

Whenever I counsel someone who feels called to be an evangelist, I always urge them to guard their time and not feel like they have to do everything.

The secret to following God's will, I discovered, usually is wrapped up in rejecting the good for God's best.

There are no big things, only an accumulation of many little things. Remove enough rivets and the wing falls off. However, it is up to you, the leader, to identify the correct rivets and determine how much attention each will be given. Do this correctly and your organization will survive flying through even the most turbulent competitive storm.

Too often Christians today have only two gears on their theological bike: essential and unimportant.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow just as well.

I now spend my time solely on those activities that only I can do, and even then only on those activities that have the highest return. These

He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.