The Power of Priorities

” ‘Would you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here?’ ‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’ said the Cat. ‘I don’t much care where–‘ said Alice. ‘Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,’ said the Cat”–Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

“To be precise, the word is priority–not priorities–and it originated in the 14th century from the Latin prior, meaning ‘first.’ If something mattered the most it was a ‘priority.’ Curiously priority remained unpluralized until around the 20th century, when the world apparently demoted it to mean generally ‘something that matters’ and the plural ‘priorities’ appeared. . . . Today, we elevate priority to its former meaning by adding, ‘highest,’ ‘top,’ ‘first,’ ‘main,’ and ‘most important’ in front of it. It would seem priority has traveled an interesting road”–Gary Keller.

“Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time”–Arnold S. Glasow.

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there”–Will Rogers.

“So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own” (Matthew 6:31-34).

“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures”–F.M. Alexander.

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