Priorities

Do first things first, and second things not at all.
- Peter Drucker

You will never find time for anything.
If you want time you must make it.
- Charles Buxton

It is a better thing to weigh and measure priorities
in the illuminating light of your own mission
than to have your activities formed by the
impressions and expectations of others.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

If a task is important, do it now. If it is not truly important, forget about it forever, relax, and do something that really is important.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: How to Choose Your Life Purpose

How to Make a Decision You Won't Regret

Perspective on Priorities

Time, like life itself, has no inherent meaning.

Quotes about Priorities

Quotes about Time

Quotes about Meaning

Quotes about Choices

Quotes about Opportunities

Commitment

There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.
- the character Morpheus in the movie The Matrix

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
- W. Clement Stone

There are a hundred valid reasons why something can't be done,
but only one reason, Commitment, why it can.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: There is no "try"

Commitment vs. Burnout

Promises to Myself

Quotes about Commitment

Quotes about Goals

Courage Quotes

Quotes by Vince Lombardi

Quotes about Dedication

Seeds

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap,
but by the seeds that you plant.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

Gardening is all about optimism.
I put a seed in the ground.
I consistently tend it,
confident I will see the results, in time,
of the nurture I have provided.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

A good question is never answered.
It is not a bolt to be tightened into place
but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed
toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.
- John Ciardi

The season of failure is the best time
for sowing the seeds of success.
- Paramahansa Yogananda

Further reading: What`s in a Name?

Boldly Sail the Storms of Life

Open Mind - Open Heart

Quotes about Seeds

Quotes about Optimism

Quotes about Questions

Quotes about Nurture

Mary Anne Radmacher Quotes

New Years Resolutions

Have your new year's resolutions been a new beginning for you
or have they just been different words on the same old beginning?
Maybe now's the time to establish
a new pattern of viewing your life fresh.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Every day is a good day to make a resolution
for beginning a new way of living,
but the New Year's Day holiday provides a good focus
for reviewing our lives and resolving
to live each day with conscious attention.

Affirmation:
Standing in the inspiring vision of my future,
I boldly take every step - large and small - with courage and intent.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: New Year Suggestions and Resolutions

A Time to Begin Anew

How to Keep Your New Years Resolutions

Happy New Year

This bright new year is given me To live each day with zest To daily grow and try to be My highest and my best. - William Arthur Ward Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. - Oprah Winfrey In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln Further reading: What is Your Resolution for the New Year? Have a Happy New Year - All Year Long