Kirk Booher > Kirk's Quotes

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
― Albert Einstein

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.”
― Bruce Lee

“Action expresses priorities.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Seven Steps to Success
1) Make a commitment to grow daily.
2) Value the process more than events.
3) Don't wait for inspiration.
4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity.
5) Dream big.
6) Plan your priorities.
7) Give up to go up.”
― John C Maxwell

“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“You need to make time for your family no matter what happens in your life”
― Matthew Quick, The Silver Linings Playbook

“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.”
― Stephen R. Covey

“It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.”
― Bruce Lee

“We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there's nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do anything at all.

Most of us would prefer, however, to spend our time doing something that will get immediate results. We don't want to wait for God to resolve matters in His good time because His idea of 'good time' is seldom in sync with ours.”
― Oswald Chambers

“Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is.”
― Richard P. Feynman

“Life is short. Focus on what really matters most. You have to change your priorities over time.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good.”
― Stephen Covey

“A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.”
― Walt Whitman

“The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what’s important first.”
― Steven Pressfield, The War of Art

“The will of God is not something you add to your life. It’s a course you choose. You either line yourself up with the Son of God…or you capitulate to the principle which governs the rest of the world.”
― Elisabeth Elliot

“Things will go wrong at times. You can't always control your attitude, approach, and response. You options are to complain or to look ahead and figure out how to make the situation better”
― Tony Dungy, Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices & Priorities of a Winning Life

“Father, I anticipate the good things You have prepared for me today. Bring complete order to my day as I seek You first and make Your will my priority. I rejoice in the new day You have given me. I praise You for making it fruitful and productive. Thank You for teaching me ways to increase my effectiveness— to work smarter. I work according to Your agenda and perform for an audience of one—the Lord Jesus Christ. In Jesus’s name, amen.”
― Cindy Trimm, Commanding Your Morning Daily Devotional: Unleash God's Power in Your Life--Every Day of the Year

“When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives. Our love of the Lord will govern the claims for our affection, the demands on our time, the interests we pursue, and the order of our priorities.”
― Ezra Taft Benson