55 Most Inspiring Quotes On Priorities

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Success can be looked at in many ways. Some people are motivated by the amount of money they earn or the prestige they achieve. Others are inspired by their number of followers on social media or their blog’s number of times viewed.

To succeed, one must set goals and make sure that one is making progress. How do you know if you are making progress? If you have a plan in mind, write it down. Create a list of all the things on your plate, then choose the most important ones to your goal. Write them down again on the list of priorities. When you feel overwhelmed or need help prioritizing what’s next on your list, look at the list of priorities to see what needs to be done first.

Take a look at these motivational quotes about long-term success for inspiration to prioritize your time and achieve your goals.

55 Most Inspiring Quotes On Priorities

“Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.” ― H. L. Hunt

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” ― John Wooden

“The only thing a cat worries about is what’s happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.” ― Lloyd Alexander

“If you continually ask yourself, ‘What’s important now’ you won’t waste time on the trivial.” ― Lou Holtz

“Sometimes when you’re overwhelmed by a situation – when you’re in the darkest of darkness – that’s when your priorities are reordered.” ― Phoebe Snow

“Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.” ― Dale Carnegie

“If you continually ask yourself, ‘What’s important now” you won’t waste time on the trivial.” ― Lou Holtz

“Determine your priorities and focus on them.” ― Eileen McDargh

“It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.” ― Bruce Lee

“We don’t drift in good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.” ― Andy Stanley

“You always have time for things you put first.” ― Anonymous

“Action expresses priorities.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage?pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say ?no? to other things.” ― Stephen R. Covey

“Good things happen when you get your priorities straight.” ― Scott Caan

“Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn’t always have to be their top priority.” ― William Arthur Ward

“The reason most goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first.” ― Robert J. McKain

“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” ― Stephen Covey

“In all planning, you make a list and you set priorities.” ― Alan Lakein

“Life is short. Focus on what really matters most; you should change your priorities over time.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“Your priorities aren’t what you say they are. They are revealed by how you live.” ― Anonymous

“Always concentrate on the most valuable use of your time. This is what separates the winners from the losers.” ― Brian Tracy

“Your decisions reveal your priorities.” ― Jeff Van Gundy

“The first step to success is knowing your priorities.” ― Aspesh

“Instead of saying “I don’t have time” try saying “it’s not a priority,” and see how that feels.” ― Laura Vanderkam

“To change your life, you need to change your priorities.” ― Mark Twain

“Want to be successful? Change your priorities!” Himmilicious

“Sometimes things in life happen that allow us to understand our priorities very clearly.” ― Mariska Hargitay

“The most important thing in life is knowing the most important things in life.” ― David F. Jakielo

“There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.” ― Brian Tracy

“Your life will be a blessed and balanced experience if you first honor your identity and priority.” ― Russell M. Nelson

“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage – pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically – to say ‘no’ to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger ‘yes’ burning inside. The enemy of the ‘best’ is often the ‘good’.” ―

“No one is going to hand you an organizational chart. You have to hand it to yourself.” ― Robert Genn

“The things which are most important don’t always scream the loudest./Bob Hawke

“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.” ― Stephen R. Covey

“Your priorities are your character.” ― Anonymous

“Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions.” ― Dallin H. Oaks

“There is no such thing as ‘I do not have the time’. This is all just a matter of priorities.” ― Maciej Aniserowicz

“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” ― Stephen Covey

“Set aside time to plan how you will spend your time. Think about what’s most important. Then do those things first.” ― Frank Bettge

“When you have too many top priorities, you effectively have no top priorities.” ― Stephen Covey

“Like it or not, the world evolves, priorities change and so do you.” ― Marilu Henner

“Think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.” ― Dan Millman

“You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.” ― Charles Bixton

“If it’s a priority you’ll find a way. If it isn’t, you’ll find an excuse.” ― Jim Rohn

“Good things happen when you set your priorities straight.” ― Scott Caan

“Often in life, we forget the things we should remember, and remember the things we should forget.” ― Anonymous

“There’s no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.” ― Jack Welch

“I’m starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren’t amending – they’re shifting.” ― Brendan Fraser

“When you know what’s most important to you, making a decision is quite simple.” ― Anthony Robbins

“Nobody’s life is ever all balanced. It’s a conscious decision to choose your priorities every day.” ― Elisabeth Hasselbeck

“Do first things first, and second things not at all.” ― Peter Drucker

“When we tend to the areas of life that are important to us, when we make those things a priority, that’s when we will flourish in those areas.” ― Victoria Osteen

“Don’t be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself.” ― Denis Waitley

“Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn’t always have to be their top priority.” ― William Arthur Ward

“Priorities will tell you everything you need to know about a person.” ― Anonymous

“Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.” ― Timothy Ferris

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