""If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first." This is another way of saying that if you have two important tasks before you, start with the biggest, hardest, and most important task first." -- Brian Tracy

"Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do." -- Steve Jobs

"Doing the most important thing is always the most important thing." -- Gary Keller

"Doing your best is more important than being the best." -- Shannon Miller

"If everything is important, then nothing is." -- Patrick Lencioni

"Most people think 'selling' is the same as 'talking'. But the most effective salespeople know that listening is the most important part of their job." -- Roy Bartell

"Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says 'Make me feel important'." -- Mary Kay Ash

"Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language." -- Dale Carnegie

"The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place. Once you actually begin work on a valuable task, you seem to be naturally motivated to continue." -- Brian Tracy

"The questions you ask are more important than the things you could ever say." -- Tom Freese

"The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare." -- Bobby Knight

"What we spend our time on is the most important decision we make." -- Ray Kurzweil

"Your first ten words are more important than your next ten thousand." -- Elmer Wheeler