prioritizing desires Quotes

A lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they really want it.

Sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least.

Something must be done when you find an opposing set of desires of this kind well to the fore in your category of strong desires. You must set in operation a process of competition, from which one must emerge a victor and the other set be defeated.

At my age...I'm going to do what I want and I haven't got time for anything else.

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now

The word “busy” is the relationship Weapon of Mass Destruction. It seems like a good excuse, but in fact, in every silo you uncover, all you’re going to find is a man who didn’t care enough to call. Remember: Men are never too busy to get what they want.

Wisdom consists in knowing what not to want as well as what to want.

I believe you can have whatever you really want in this life, in one form or another, sooner or later. All you have to do is take care of your health and be lucky enough to live for a while. But you can't have it all at once and you can't have it forever. No life has the room for everything in it, not on the same day.