Priorities Quotes - Page 22

• There is no real magic to being a good leader. But at the end of every week, you have to spend your time around the things that are really important: setting priorities, measuring outcomes, and rewarding them.

  Jeffrey R. Immelt

  Real, Leader, Magic

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• 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

  Mother, Cancer, Waiting

  Alice Hoffman (2000). “Local Girls”, p.45, Penguin Group

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• The Italians have their priorities right: They're driven, they do their work, but they really enjoy the day-to-day and they don't put off the enjoyment of the everyday for some future goal.

  Frances Mayes

  Goal, Everyday, Driven

  "'Tuscan Sun' author on Italy's pleasures". Interview with A. Pawlowski, www.cnn.com. March 10, 2010.

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• A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.

  Faye Wattleton

  Men, Excellence, Tough

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• Unless you have already put God first, for example, what you will have to do to be financially secure, impress other people, or fulfill your desires will invariably lead you against God's wishes. That is why the first of the Ten Commandments, “You shall have no gods who take priority over me,” is the first of the Ten Commandments.

  Dallas Willard

  People, Wish, Desire

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• Without ethics man has no future. This is to say mankind without them cannot be itself. Ethics determine choices and actions and suggest difficult priorities.

  John Berger

  Men, Choices, Ethics

  "The denial of true reflection" by John Berger, www.theguardian.com. August 20, 2006.

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• I am a world expert on how to organise tasks in a senseless order, totally unrelated to priority, and thus create a massive panic leading up to an important deadline.

  Lucy Hawking

  Order, Important, Experts

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• We attempted to try to solve every problem in the world, out of a sense of moral obligations, and attitudes, and our history. But no country can solve every problem without exhausting itself. Therefore, we have to establish priorities.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Country, Attitude, Trying

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• Keeping our kids engaged and in school must become a national priority.

  Cedric Richmond

  School, Kids, Engaged

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• Priorities lead to prosperity.

  Michelle Singletary

  Prosperity

  Michelle Singletary (2004). “Spend Well, Live Rich (previously published as 7 Money Mantras for a Richer Life): How to Get What You Want with the Money You Have”, p.36, Ballantine Books

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• This industry's so full of distractions: partying, drinking, sex, money. The priority for me is just to make music that people can connect with. I want to make something fresh that people may not understand

  Tinashe

  Sex, Party, Drinking

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• My son is my routine and priority, period!

  Cory Hardrict

  Son, Routine, Periods

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• I have two or three shows that I follow, and even those are few and far, when I can see them on Netflix. I don't really watch anything on TV. It's not really a priority for me.

  Alan Ritchson

  Two, Three, Tvs

  "Alan Ritchson Exclusive Interview SMALLVILLE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 19, 2010.

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• I suppose it's whether you want to be a famous person, or whether you want to be an actor. You have to decide what your priorities are. Great actor, huge star. Sometimes, the two walk hand in hand. Most of the time, they don't.

  Anne-Marie Duff

  Stars, Hands, Two

  "Real-life romance" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2004.

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• President Obama has made maternal health one of the core priorities of U.S. international aid funding.

  Liya Kebede

  President, Aids, Made

  "Mother’s Day Mission: Help Reduce Maternal Mortality in the Developing World" by Liya Kebede, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 7, 2010.

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• The budgets we work on in Congress are more than just fiscal documents; they are a reflection of our moral values as well. In choosing where to spend money, members of Congress choose what priorities they value.

  Tim Walz

  Reflection, Moral, Members

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• Breast cancer alone kills some 458,000 people each year, according to the World Health Organization, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. It has got to be a priority to ensure that more women can access gene testing and lifesaving preventive treatment, whatever their means and background, wherever they live.

  Angelina Jolie

  Country, Cancer, Mean

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• My priority is my family, absolutely, 100 percent.

  Madonna Ciccone

  My Family, Percent

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• I like to think there are a lot of balls in the air, and the kids are not one that I choose to drop. They have been a priority and I have a career that allows for a little more flexibility at times and hours that are quite mom-friendly.

  Elisabeth Hasselbeck

  Mom, Kids, Thinking

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• I have the students for six hours a day. The community has them for 18 hours, plus prenatal and early childhood. I don't believe the schools create (the achievement gap), but our responsibility is not to add to it. We won't eliminate the gap until the community makes education a priority, but the schools can't wait for the community to do its part.

  Bill Vaughan

  Believe, Communication, School

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• Eating well is a lifelong priority.

  Sara Ramirez

  Eating Well, Lifelong, Wells

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• My priority is to hang out with the ones I love - my family, my loved ones.

  Cote de Pablo

  I Love My Family, Loved Ones, Hanging Out

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• I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.

  Diana Ross

  Trying, Right Place

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• The entertainment business is hard on relationships, but it's just as hard on your own spiritual well-being. It's easy to lose focus, to forget your priorities and wander from the path. There is not any one thing you can do to survive this desert. It's a matter of maintenance, of the small things you do every day and every week to keep the engine running smoothly.

  Ralph K. Winter, Jr.

  Running, Spiritual, Stress

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• Everything in Haiti right now is a priority.

  Michel Martelly

  Haiti, Right Now

  "Haiti’s Candidate Michel Martelly Talks About the Election, Fraud, and the Future". Interview with Georgianne Nienaber, www.huffingtonpost.com.

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