Quotes about Attention

Turning off or tuning out people was my highly developed art. The custom of letting obedient children be seen but not heard was so agreeable to me that I went one step further: Obedient children should not see or hear if they chose not to do so. I laid a handful of attention on my face and tuned up the sounds in the church.

We don't need to eliminate all our reactions to people and problems. Reactions can be useful. They help us identify what we like and what feels good. They help us identify problems in and around us. But most of us react too much. And much of what we react to is nonsense. It isn't all that important, and it doesn't merit the time and attention we're giving it. Some of what we react to is other people's reactions to us.

Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled … or that day will come on you unexpectedly. Luke 21:34

Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive, but a fool's eyes roam to the ends of the earth. Proverbs 17:24

Listen, my sons, to a father's discipline, and pay attention so that you may gain understanding. Proverbs 4:1

Pay attention to my words; listen closely to my sayings… . For they are life to those who find them, and health to one's whole body. Proverbs 4:20, 22

At the beginning, the author's writing was like a selfie: a disposable plea for attention that was all about him and his life. But since he hadn't done much living, there wasn't much substance.

Give the act to me. Purged of hope and ego, Fix your attention on the soul. Act and do for me.

Dear Lord, I thank You that You listen to my prayers and that You answer, not according to my own goodness, but according to Yours. Help me to not let anything discourage me from coming to You in prayer—especially not my own sense that I am undeserving of Your attention and blessing. I come entirely because You are full of grace and mercy.

God sometimes uses a man's physical ailments to get his attention so He can speak to him.

The most romantic things a man can do for a woman are the little things that let her know that she's on his mind and in his heart.

For a lack of attention a thousand forms of loveliness elude us everyday.