Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it.
The art of doing science is doing the important things first.
In a major matter no details are small.
Have I done what is really important today?
These little daily choices that we're so used to thinking are irrelevant are the most important thing we do all day long.
I don't care how busy I am - I will always make time for what's most important to me.
It's a real concern of mine every day. What can we do? How much can we do? How quickly can we address all these important things?
He was a man too busy to flush toilets.
The biggest way to be productive is if you're procrastinating on another more important project.
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. Even if you don't get the list done, you've gotten the most important things done. So many people spend so much time on things that aren't important.
My public life was so demanding that I wasn't doing the things that I deemed the most important.
The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.
I was climbing up a mountain-path With many things to do, Important business of my own, And other people's too, When I ran against a Prejudice That quite cut off the view.
I guess I made a resolution years ago that I would only do things that were only really important or really fun.
The kitchen may not get cleaned, and I have to accept that. I do the important things.
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.
80% of the results come from 20% of the causes. A few things are important; most are not.
The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant.
Your most important tasks and priorities are those that can have the most serious consequences, positive or negative, on your life or work. Focus on these above all.
