Urgent Quotes

Who can define for us with accuracy the difference between the long and short term! Especially whenever our affairs seem to be in crisis, we are almost compelled to give our first attention to the urgent present rather than to the important future.

I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'