When something small loudly demands all our attention, its noise often drowns out the whisper of what's enormously important.

As so many commitments demand your timeOr your shut-eye important be,Your attraction to me must in some way lack,Such a pity to spend time on thee.

Those who neglect the demands of life, they live in perpetual pain and regret.

Money is ‘limited’ and people’s demands are ‘unlimited’.

Don’t allow time to while away but take hold of time and make a demand on it to bring forth offspring.

Knowledge of who we are prevents us from being distracted by the demands of our surroundings.

Life demands much. Give more.

As long as high schools strive to list the number of Ivy League schools their graduates attend and teachers pile on work without being trained to identify stress-related symptoms, I fear for our children’s health. I am not mollified by the alums of my daughter’s school who return to tell everyone that the rigor of high school prepared them for college, making their first year easier than they’d anticipated.If they make it that far.

He didn't ask 'Where will you spend eternity?' as religious the-end-is-near picketers did but rather, 'With what, in this modern democracy, will you meet the demands of your soul?

As a king can wear a crown, a crown can also weary a king.