Quotes about Prioritization

Successful people make right decisions early and manage those decisions daily.

Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.

In India, I learned a proverb that may seem somewhat heartless: "The tears of strangers are only water." It means we are obligated to help only our own; if others have a problem, we wish them well, but it's their problem.

As a human, I am flawed in that it is difficult for me to consider others before myself. It feels like I have to fight against this force, this current within me that, more often than not, wants to avoid serious issues and please myself, buy things for myself, feed myself, entertain myself, and all of that.

The repentance we are called to is about choosing one audience over another.

May we all be richly rewarded for putting our customers' stories above our own.

The day we stop losing sleep over the success of our business and start losing sleep over the success of our customers is the day our business will start growing again.

The very least, speak with God in the morning, before you speak with the world: and speak with God at night, after you have done with the world. But settle it in your minds, that prayer is one of the great things of every day. Do not drive it into a corner. Do not give it the scraps and parings of your duty. Whatever else you make a business of, make a business of prayer.

Like a tree, a woman can't carry the weight of two seasons simultaneously. In the violent struggle of trying, she'll miss every bit of joy each season promises to bring.

My attitude of love must not be sacrificed on the altar of activity.

Don't allow the unrealistic demands of others to march freely into your life.

While my heart wants to say yes, the reality of my time makes this a no." I've learned the best "no" answers are graciously honest.