Advice Quote by Chieh Huang

Most people spend their time on the 'urgent' rather than on the 'important.'

— Robert M. Hutchins

You must distinguish between what is urgent and what is important. You could accomplish all of the urgent things that you desire without accomplishing…

— Gary Zukav

I have always learned to distinguish the important from the urgent.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The urgent finds you; you have to find the important. Importance is not fast. It is slow. It is not superficial. It is deep.…

— Stewart Brand

Do what is important, not what is urgent.

— Stephen Covey

What is urgent will always take precedence over what is important.

— Edward de Bono

We are so busy doing the urgent that we don't have time to do the important.

— Confucius

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

— Anonymous

The easiest thing to do in the world is to neglect the important and give in to the urgent.

— Denis Waitley

Never let something important become urgent

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Don't let the urgent get in the way of the important

— Kay Yow

The urgent is other-oriented; its caused by someone else. Important things are self-directed and have the greatest value for you.

— Anurag Prakash Ray