Quotes About Attention

leave not a speck.that may cause a wreck...

God is like a satellite that navigates us around our lives. He's telling us which direction to take and what turns to make. But God's directions are like the GPS in your car: You have to pay attention to them or you're going to get lost. You may have to backtrack. You may have to take a different

The things you see when you're not carrying a gun

Yuckity yuck! I totally forgot to put on my sweat stopper this morning. I'm a girl who can't skip a day, if you know what I mean!

However, the construction of the social world does not receive the same level of attention in Piaget's work on infancy as the construction of the physical world.

When a flirt fishes for a man, she fishes merely for the sport.

The best fertilizer is the gardener's shadow.

Blogging Is Pure Vanity

Don't touch the red button!

Always remember, someone's effort is a reflection of their interest in you.

People who are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful and feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Some psychologists call it a conflict between ego-orientation, or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation... but in all cases, what counts is whether attention is turned away from the task at hand and focused on the self and its future rewards, or whether it is instead trained on the task itself. The latter attitude seems the more fruitful.

The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets.

Ideally I'd like her to get to know the prince a bit before he kisses her," said the queen. "Make sure he's a nice boy and understands how to treat his mother-in-law. But that's still a very good change, my dear!" She beamed at the youngest fairy god-mouse, who looked embarrassed by all the attention.

Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.

How ridiculous were the attentions the weak paid one another in the shadow of the strong!

One of the first things we teach medical students is to listen to the patient by taking a careful medical history. Ninety percent of the time, you can arrive at an uncannily accurate diagnosis by paying close attention, using physical examination and sophisticated lab test to confirm your hunch (and to increase the bill to the insurance company).

To do carefully and constantly and kindly many little things is not a little thing. Rosemary Curtis Neider

Social media draws us further into the already persistent habit of becoming stars of our own little personal movies. The movies we replay in our heads — held on to from lives past — cause us to recycle stories that no longer serve us, if they ever did.

they may pontificate that the suicide attempt was merely a ploy to gain attention or to manipulate others. No matter what may have motivated a suicide attempt, the family has just experienced the terrifying possibility that their loved one might have died. Trivializing a suicide attempt invalidates a family's grief and despair. They may bury their feelings of grief and loss inside themselves or may convert their feelings into secondary emotions such as anger or fear.

I have told you all this because you matter to him, Lark.

The magic wand that can spread fairy dust on everything you hear, touch, and see is called attention.

They craned their heads like schoolboys to gaze at the malachite green fountain pen from London. It was an object well worth the attention of these five adult businessmen for three minutes.

God doesn't compete with the clamor and white noise of our busy lives. He beckons us to come before Him in silence. He wants our full, undivided attention. He wants us to cultivate space in our days to lay ourselves at His feet and breathe. He calls us to be still, or as another translation (NASB) says, "Cease striving.

Your experience of life is determined by where you focus your attention. If you focus on content, i.e., the thoughts, images, and feelings arising right now, your attention is lost in a world of judging things as good, bad, or neutral—a real roller-coaster ride.