Quotes about Attention

It keeps us ever mindful of life, how it streams by in an awful rush if one is not careful to stop and listen...and honestly see. (Main character Annie Zook)

There isn't a single motivation, thought, act, or word that has slipped out of your being and escaped the full, undivided attention of God.

If you watch what you think about, you won't have to watch what you talk about.

When you have an open wound, it's festering and hurting constantly. Then it finally heals and then becomes a scar. Well, pretty soon you're not feeling it and not really paying attention to it.

I dyed my hair this crazy red to bid for attention. It has become a trademark, and I've got to keep it this way.

Let observation with extended observation observe extensively.

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

Children need loving attention, closeness and deep affection and also loving touch. Love will make them feel safe.

But it is in storms that God does his finest work, for it is in storms that God has our keenest attention

Each star, numbered. Each star, named! Like every grain of sand. Every hair on his head. Every trouble that filled his day. Created. Numbered. Known.

Do this for someone. Ask someone to tell you his—or her—story. Resist the urge to interrupt or correct. Turn off the television. Log off from the internet. Close your laptop; silence your cell phone. Give the rarest of gifts: your full attention.

Those who missed His Majesty's arrival that night missed it not because of evil acts or malice; no, they missed it because they simply weren't looking. Little has changed in the last two thousand years, has it?