Denis Waitley Quotes

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

Person who chases two rabbits catches neither.

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

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

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

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

Do not spend the day in gathering flowers by the way side, lest night come upon you before you arrive at your journey's end, and then you will not reach it.

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.

If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.

I am a great procrastinator. When the writing is going really well, the laundry piles up.

First things first, second things never.

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.

He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.

Your life is too important to give it to distractions.

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.

The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by dispersing his effort over many chores, may fail to accomplish anything.

The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.

Don't confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy.

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

If you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

Because, as we all know, it’s easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent, like thinking. And it’s also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that we’re not so sure about.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot.