George MacDonald Quotes

Nothing happens without focus. Don't try to do everything at once. Take it one step at a time.

First things first, second things never.

If you do a good job right now, today, then tomorrow will take care of itself. That's all you can do.

Learn to differentiate between what is truly important and what can be dealt with at another time.

I just take everything one at a time and make sure everything I do is the best.

Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, 'Is this necessary?'

You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment.

Goals help you keep in perspective what's really important so you don't spend all of your time doing what seems urgent.

As in all things, it is terribly important to have a sense of priorities in what you do. And to make certain that priorities do not clash.

Take the best action toward your most important goal right now.

If people would reflect that one can only do one thing at a time and therefore there is never more than one thing to do at a time, there would be less fatigue in the world.

Person who chases two rabbits catches neither.

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

Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we lose both first and second things.

Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.

There is only one time that is important -- NOW! It is the most important time because it is the only time hat we have any power.

You need to figure out what the 2 or 3 most important things are, and then just do those.

You've just got to focus on what you have to do.

There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.

Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first.

If I have three ideas and I'm working on one more than the others, that sort of tells me that I should work on that one.

To make money, to gather knowledge, to learn a new skill, to explore new territory, even to get from A to B - for all these things you need time. For almost everything you need time, except for one thing: to embrace the present moment.

I can do only one thing at a time, but I can avoid doing many things simultaneously.

You don't need more time in your day. You need to decide.

Focusing is about saying No.