Quotes about Priorities

Instead of worrying, we need to be seeking His kingdom and His righteousness.

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

The truth is we all have an expiration date. Your time here on earth is limited. It's precious. It's valuable. God doesn't want you wasting another second with meaningless habits that are derailing your dreams. What if God placed a big stamp on our "passport to life" showing us how much time we have left? I mean, it's sorta creepy, but it would certainly motivate us to live each day with purpose.

if you are 42 years old, you only have 36 more Christmases left with your family. If you are 57 years old, you only have 21 more summers to enjoy at the lake. If you're 63 years old, that's 15 more birthday cakes with your family. Fifteen! That's nothing! It makes you view life more seriously, doesn't it?

If today was the last day of my life, would I be happy with what I'm about to do?"[8]

We as born-again believers have to get our priorities realigned and realize our political alliances are not with the Democrats or the Republicans. As Christians, we should be monarchists. Our allegiance is to Christ the King. He will come back and fix all this; we do not need to allow anger to fester in our hearts like a disease. We're not even supposed plant roots in this life. Our home is a heavenly one. Our reality is an eternal reality.

Our agenda becomes secondary. The preacher's agenda becomes secondary. God's agenda for his people takes center stage, reorders our priorities, and directs us in the course that most honors him. The Lord himself proclaimed, "My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me" (John 10:27). Listening to the voice of Jesus as it is heard in his Word is critical to following him.

I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into the sole end of any one's existence. I don't want you to sacrifice standing well in your studies to any over-athleticism and I need not tell you that character counts for a great deal more than either intellect or body in winning success in life. Athletic proficiency is a mighty good servant, and like so many other good servants, a mighty bad master.

It is better for the Government to help a poor man to make a living for his family than to help a rich man make more profit for his company.

Books are all very well in their way, and we love them at Sagamore Hill; but children are better than books.

It is exceedingly interesting and attractive to be a successful business man, or railroad man, or farmer, or a successful lawyer or doctor; or a writer, or a president, or a ranchman, or the colonel of a fighting regiment, or to kill grizzly bears and lions. But for unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly makes all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.

For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single step.