Quotes About Attention

Careful preparation is necessary before people can perceive something which is there all the time.

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

Directing attention toward where it needs to go is a primal task of leadership.

We've got to make the small things unforgettable.

The only factor becoming scarce in a world of abundance is human attention.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

When Nehemiah's heart was broken he paid attention to his broken heart.

One of our key strategies has been to restructure traditional high schools into small learning communities with personalized attention and a range of options.

Real Revolution Starts At Learning, If You're Not Angry, Then You Are Not Paying Attention.

If you stare at an object, as you do when you paint, there is no point at which you stop learning things from it.

Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.

One learns to ignore criticism by first learning to ignore applause.

We learn best with focused attention. As we focus on what we're learning, the brain maps that information on what we already know making new neural connections

Learning is the art of ignoring.

Details are all there are.

The more senses recruited at the moment of learning, the more likely you are to recall it later.

If no one is pissed-off with you then you are dead but just haven't figured it out yet.

The problem is that nowadays, with so much information flying around, it is almost impossible to remember anything you saw just a week ago, never mind three years ago!

I learned early on that I could get a lot of attention by singing and writing little songs, so it was like throwing nuts to a monkey... I just couldn't get enough.

Practice means making an effort to keep your mind steady. Yoga is about learning to pay attention. That's what drives transformation.

If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.