"Keep in mind that you are always saying 'no' to something.  If it isn't to the apparent, urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things.  Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it." -- Helen Keller  

"Every action (or inaction) involves a choice between what is more important and what is less important." -- Brian Tracy  

"Learn how to separate the majors and the minors. A lot of people don't do well simply because they major in minor things." -- Jim Rohn

"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right." -- Confucius

"What are the most important things you do, measured by their long-term consequences?" -– Brian Tracy  

"The Law of Forced Efficiency says that there is always enough time to do the most important things." -– Brian Tracy  

"Don't spend major money on minor things. In the last ten years the guy has bought two tons of donuts and only two books - and the books are primarily filled with pictures." -– Jim Rohn