Attention Quotes

... the greatest act of love is to pay attention.

If as a family we must be selective listeners, then let us pay more attention to the words of the heart and less to the words of anger

The focus and the concentration and the attention to detail that flying takes is a kind of meditation. I find it restful and engaging, and other things slip away.

Those theologians who are beginning to take the doctrine of creation very seriously should pay some attention to science's story.

We want big directional signs from God. God just wants us to pay attention.

Even as a kid I would find the one person whose attention I didn't have and I would zone in on that person. It became a challenge.

Remember something about attention. Yes, it’s possible to buy, grab, or even steal it. But it’s far better to earn it.

The reason you want your kids to pay attention in school is you haven't the faintest idea how to do their homework.

Instead of focusing on the world's problems, give your attention and energy to trust, love, abundance, education and peace. :-)

With the attention I got on my wealth, I thought I would have become a source of resentment, but it is just the other way around - it just generates that much more ambition in many people.

But when we observe, we are forced to pay attention. We have to move from passive absorption to active awareness. We have to engage.

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.

A little attention, a pat on the head, and a kind word every now and then is all your dog asks.

There is a convergence of crises that makes it challenging to keep the world's attention.

We need to pay attention to the questions non-Christians are asking, and the conversations that Christians are having.

Excessive attention to the minutiae of astrology is one of the superstitions which has hurt the Hindus very much.

Things, very strange things, happen in folktales and there is never much attention given to the whys and wherefores.

We live in a world that pays attention to speed, volume, and flash. Subtlety has its own power in relation to that.

Curiosity takes courage. The most important promises are the ones you make to yourself. Pay Attention. Appreciate. Listen. Imagine.

I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid.

If we are kind and considerate, people will want to be around us, and we benefit from enduring circles of attention and care.

I'm not doing this to be a pop star. I've had plenty of money and attention. I'm doing it for credibility.

Only until you rise above the use of the second attention for manipulation that you can enter into a consciousness in which there is enlightenment.

I think I'd probably tell you that it's easier to desire and pursue the attention of tens of millions of total strangers than it is to accept the love and loyalty of the people closest to us.

It's necessary in order to attract attention, to dazzle at all costs, to be disapproved of by serious people and quoted by the foolish.

This profession [photography] is deserving of attention and respect equal to that accorded painting, literature, music and architecture.

The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.

That is your trick, your bit of filthy magic: invisibility, and the anaesthetic power to deaden my attention in your direction.

If sisters were free to express how they really feel, parents would hear this: "Give me all the attention and all the toys and send Rebecca to live with Grandma."

He [Christ] even restored the severed ear of the soldier who came to arrest Him - a fact that allows us to hope the resurrection will reflect a considerable attention to detail.

Since we are not in the League of Nations in any case, we do not devote our attention to reflecting on its internal reforms.

There have already been published by the bucketsful such brazen lies and utter fictions about me that I would long since have gone to my grave if I had allowed myself to pay attention to them.

[On the desert:] The wind was a constant, and when you paid attention, it seemed like the earth's own breathing.

Every word and every deed, every thought and every gesture, even the simple act of paying attention can be a gift and therefore an echo of God’s life in us.

We have to look and ensure that we're paying attention to what we're doing, so that we don't reflexively institute processes and procedures that exclude people without thought.

When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag.

We have no control over outcomes, but we can control the process. Of course, outcomes matter, but by focusing our attention on process, we maximize our chances of good outcomes.

It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.

I have a short attention span.

A man can do a television interview and roll out of bed 15 minutes before; it's just not the same for a woman. A woman has to pay attention to her hair, makeup, clothing, and jewelry choices.

... a mysterious intersection of chance and attention that goes well beyond the existential surrealism of the 'decisive moment'.

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle. Nearly all those who think they have the capacity do not possess it.

I look for the entrepreneur to capture my attention. If you don't come out with a great presentation, you're dead. That's a big red flag.

TV spots are short. If you can't hold folks' attention for 20 seconds before revealing the brand, find another line of work.

That's the most important thing in art: to be aware, pay attention, be inspired - but it should come ultimately from you.

If your attention is focused only on the result, then you are no longer in the process. But if you're in the process, then the result is guaranteed.

I've been with certain stars; some are caring and pay attention to their fans and to their fellow performers and some are too busy. Elvis never seemed too busy.

The tongues of dying men enforce attention like deep harmony.

A gentle focus of attention is all it takes to free the body of minor imbalances.

The goal in any God-centered relationship should be to continually point the other person towards Christ, not continually draw attention towards you.