Attention Quotes - Page 9

We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world. To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the Devil.

Persons who have a strong sense of efficacy deploy their attention and effort to the demands of the situation and are spurred by obstacles to greater effort.

Everyone is always having their attention divided between the world of the people [they're] with and this other reality.

What we are seeing now is customers shifting their attention from security products like firewalls and intrusion sensors, to the policies that need to be in place, and the technologies that help them enforce policy compliance.

Our health is what we make of it - give it attention and it improves, give it none and it subsides.

When you meet opposition to your faith, your first reaction may be anger toward your antagonist. This may divert your attention from the deeper, spiritual dimensions of your conflict. Your adversary may be hopelessly in bondage to sin. Rather than retaliating, you should immediately and earnestly intercede for that person. Your opponent's hostility is your invitation to become involved in God's redemptive work to free him or her from spiritual bondage. Be alert to the spiritual warfare around you.

An entirely new system of thought is needed, a system based on attention to people, and not primarily attention to goods. . . .

I pay a lot of attention to how things are done and the whole activity of building something is interesting.

Be just the way you have always been, with this difference: do not believe any of it, and pay close attention to all of it.

Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.

Details create the big picture.

Attention is something I've learned to ignore. This is what I do: I live my life and they document it.

That which holds our attention determines our action.

When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn't afford to pay attention.

When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.

In the attention economy, anyone trying to connect with an audience must treat the user's time as the ultimate resource.

Multitasking divides your attention and leads to confusion and weakened focus.

I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.

Observe things as they are and don't pay attention to other people.

By constantly moving the flashlight of your attention to the perimeter of your understanding, you enlarge your sense of the world.

Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person.

While natural disasters capture headlines and national attention short-term, the work of recovery and rebuilding is long-term.

Unless a person knows how to give order to her thoughts, attention will be attracted to whatever is most problematic at the moment.

You want attention, you want support, you want to be treated properly, and I don't wanna have to go anywhere and teach people how to treat me.