Quotes about Priorities
Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
God doesn't want our success; He wants us. He doesn't demand our achievements; He demands our obedience.
— Charles Colson
There is no success which can compensate for the failure of the family.
— David O. McKay
Judge your success by what you had to give up to get it.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
No other success [in life] can compensate for failure in the home.
— David O. McKay
Following Christ has nothing to do with success as the world sees success. It has to do with love.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Without preservation and cultivation of the spiritual, your material success will be as ashes in your mouths.
— Gordon Hinckley
I have absolutely no objection to performance and success as long as they don't become false idols and threaten to rule our lives.
— Desmond Tutu
To love our success more than God and our neighbor hardens the heart, making us less able to feel and to sense.
— Timothy Keller
Have you noticed that when we die, our eulogies celebrate our lives very differently from the way society defines success?
— Arianna Huffington
Cleaning up after themselves was a low priority for Margo and my mother. They had both recovered from cancer scares, failed marriages, and lost hope; in their opinion, dirt could wait.
— Alice Hoffman
When you think of the possessions you now own or the ones you hope to own—or when you're envying others for what they have—remember that the scriptures also warn that where your treasure is, there your heart is also.
— Joe Girard