Quotes about priorities

Priority is a function of context.

— Stephen R. Covey

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.

— Doris Lessing

It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business.

— Theodore Parker