priorities

Courageous people know that saying __o_ to one idea enables them to say __es_ to another.

Leaders know how to set priorities. They focus on the task that requires the most rapid attention.

You missed it when you pay more attention to the damaged car in the mechanic shop than the sick human being in the hospital.

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

In the thoughtlessness of my incessant hurry, I have made God an __ddendum in_ my life verses the __genda of_ my life. And what I need to hurry up and realize is that with these priorities positioned as such, what I am hurrying to is my own demise.

In order to fit our needs and wants, we are constantly adjusting and altering our behaviors and feelings. Metaphorically speaking, we are constantly giving birth to priorities; our priorities are perpetually reassessed and we perpetually adjust to accomplish them.Some call this "Change." I call it, improving ourselves by means through the inner self.

We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life: forgiveness and grace, maturity and wisdom....Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin to show up in the polls.

When national ideals are confined to insignificant issues reflective primarily of a personal choice, there lies a problem of distorted priorities.

Sometimes the very things that we__e expending our lives to sustain are the very things that are killing our ability to live. And against our blind and frequently raging protests, these are the very things that God let__ die so that we can live.

Greatness can be contagious, but first there must be contact.

Once I realize that the tune I__ whistling in my head is the theme that__ driving my heart, I suddenly realize that the most important question I can ask is, __hat are the lyrics?

If you truly feel that self esteem and motivation have to happen first before you can make changes in your life, then we__l probably be sharing walkers at a retirement home as we talk over what might have been.

Your choices of values and determining their priority precedes your goal setting

A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with__hat__ poverty__ut how efficiently we can put first things first. . . . When you__e clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it__ clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar. (148)

And when the earth began to rumble and quake, as fear and frantic set in, he ran back inside the house past his wife and children, gathering all the valuables and things he thought of importance, and ran back to his car packing away. After making two trips in and out, he waited in the car for his family to come out, in fear they darted through the darkness and pelting cold rain. When everything calmed down, and the house was intact and safe, he returned putting everything back in its place, had the kids go to bed, told his wife he loves her and turned off the light.

The Christian's whole desire, at its best and highest, is that Jesus Christ be praised. It is always a wretched bastardization of our goals when we want to win glory for ourselves instead of for him.

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.

Time kills essence! Don__ give people reasons to say you wasted your time! Use your time well now!