Quotes about Priorities

Let no one profess to trust in God, and yet lay up for future wants, otherwise the Lord will first send him to the hoard he has amassed, before He can answer the prayer for more.

To a certain extent, I like fashion, but sometimes I just want to be comfortable and don't really care.

Any parent who tells their kids that they can't attend a school play or go to a soccer match because they have to work is kidding themselves. It's OK to miss a game or two or a performance here and there, but it's not all right to miss the majority of them.

If I should sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I am sure, that, for me, there would be nothing left worth living for.

We need to change society's ordering principle from economic to humanitarian values, from money as the bottom line to love as the bottom line.

You have a chance to move in far better society than the Joneses. Why worry about keeping up with the Joneses? Keep up with the Angels and you'll be far wiser and happier.

We set the treatment of bodies so high above the treatment of souls, that the physician occupies a higher place in society than the school-master.

Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for?

When we become overly concerned about our appearance, our spiritual reputation, our coolness, and our acceptance, we are living as citizens of this world rather than as ambassadors.

If you lose money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all.

Spiritual influence never coincided with material affluence.

The spiritual leader will choose the hidden path of sacrificial service and approval of the Lord over the flamboyant self-advertising of the world.