Quotes about Attention

We are so caught up with the affairs of this life we give little attention to eternity.

In our world, we give most of our attention to satisfying the appetites of the body and practically none to the soul. Consequently we are one-sided. We become fat physically and materially, while spiritually we are lean, weak, and anemic. The soul actually demands as much attention as the body. It demands fellowship and communion with God.

When God speaks to us, He should have our full attention.

Pride consists not in wanting to be rich, but in wanting to be richer than your neighbor. It is not in wanting to be noticed but in wanting to be the most noticed. It is not in wanting to have things but in wanting more things than others.

Worship in the truest sense takes place only when our full attention is on God—on His glory, power, majesty, love and compassion.

What we are looking for is what is looking.

Just as the sun shines on all the trees and flowers as if each were the only one on earth, so does God care for all souls in a special manner.

There is only one excuse for a speaker's asking the attention of his audience: he must have either truth or entertainment for them.

[Paradox is] truth standing on its head to gain attention.

If a man fasten his attention on a single aspect of truth and apply himself to that alone for a long time, the truth becomes distorted and not itself but falsehood.

God's arrows of affliction are sharp and painful so He can get our attention. He won't let His beloved children get away with sin because He knows it robs us of blessings, opportunities, and even character refinement.

Kids are watching us. I experience it every single day. They hang on my every word, what I wear, what I say.