Quotes on First Things First

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

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

You can’t get second things by putting them first. You get second things only by putting first things first.

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

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time.