Quotes about Distraction
We are too connected. There's noise in our heads all the time.
— Isabel Allende
I love a Hebrew National hot dog with an ice-cold Corona - no lime. If the phone rings, I won't answer until I'm done.
— Maya Angelou
In my Lucia's absence Life hangs upon me, and becomes a burden; I am ten times undone, while hope, and fear, And grief, and rage and love rise up at once, And with variety of pain distract me.
— Joseph Addison
"Catacombs Presbyterian Church": "When is this going to happen? How long do we have to wait? When does construction begin? Jesus's response was 'It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.' In other words, it's none of your business. Your question is irrelevant. That kind of information is of no use to you. It would probably confuse you, might discourage you, and would certainly distract you.
— Eugene Peterson
Busyness is an enemy of true Kingdom experience.
— Bill Johnson
You can write any time people will leave you alone and not interrupt you. Or, rather, you can if you will be ruthless enough about it. But the best writing is certainly when you are in love.
— Ernest Hemingway
Worry divides the mind.
— Max Lucado
Anxiety splits our energy between today's priorities and tomorrow's problems. Part of our mind is on the now; the rest is on the not yet. The result is half-minded living.
— Max Lucado
It made me wonder, if everyone is so connected to their phones-talking and texting and whatever else it is they do all day long-how do they ever have time to notice the beauty of God's creation all around them? How do they have time to connect to God?
— Melody Carlson
The best way to respond to distracting personal attacks is to practice bringing the conversation back to the issue at hand. Never fall into the trap of engaging in personal attacks while letting the topic of conversation slip into the background. Doing so allows your opponent to escape the need to explain her position.
— Ben Carson
I am saying this for your own benefit … so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction. 1 Corinthians 7:35
— Beth Moore
Sometimes ministry can be the biggest distraction to the pursuit of true intimacy with God
— Beth Moore