Things First Quotes

74 quotes by 68 authors

I'm here to tell you that I am proud of a couple of things. First, I am very good at projectile vomiting. Second, I've never… — Herb Kelleher
First things first, second things never. — Shirley Conran
Put first things first and second things are thrown in. Put second things first and you lose both first and second things. — C.S. Lewis
My philosophy is that once you get people compelled enough to sit down and play the game, the whole way you make the game successful… — Richard Garriott
Not long ago I heard a Navy chaplain refer to the sage advice of the Apostle to put first things first...If we are to heed… — Calvin Coolidge
Children who are read to learn two things: First, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile. — Laura Bush
If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time. — Peter Drucker
Observe your cat. It is difficult to surprise him. Why? Naturally his superior hearing is part of the answer, but not all of it. He… — Jeff Cooper
Order (self-organizat ion): Set aside time to plan how you will spend your time. Think about whatâ€™s most important. Then do those things first. — Frank Bettger
You canâ€™t get second things by putting them first. You get second things only by putting first things first. — C.S. Lewis
My agent in Sweden used to send off interview tapes but I decided to take it upon myself and come to London to visit casting… — Alicia Vikander
Children notice things first, people later. — Walker Percy
A teacher should, above all things, first induce a desire in the pupil for the acquisition he wishes to impart. — Horace Mann
The mistake the world is making with the simple peoples is to try and hurry them into political concepts they don't understand and aren't prepared… — Ramon Magsaysay
I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third as a New Yorker. All three have built-in perspectives that… — Laurie Anderson
My mother, a teacher, encouraged me to use my creativity as an actual way to make a living, and my father, a Mississippi physician, did… — Greg Iles
It is worthwhile adding that the power of the poem to teach not only sensibilities and the subtle movements of the spirit but knowledge, real… — Guy Davenport
A proper education enables young people to put their lives in order, which means knowing what things are more important than other things; it means… — Wendell Berry
If you seek eternity and light and luminosity, seek humility first ... first things first. — Frederick Lenz
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. — Stephen Covey

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