Quotes about Attention
In the midst of the disguises and artifices that reign among men, it is only attention and vigilance that can save us from surprises.
— Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
A pen is certainly an excellent instrument to fix a man's attention and to inflame his ambition.
— John Adams
Just as with the man in the fairy tale who turned whatever he touched into gold, with me everything is turned into newspaper clamor.
— Albert Einstein
When will the world learn that a million men are of no importance compared with one man?
— Henry David Thoreau
you can change your desires by changing what you give attention to.
— Terri Savelle Foy
And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind.
— Thomas a Kempis
Seek not to know who said this or that, but take note of what has been said.
— Thomas a Kempis
Do not let the writer's authority or learning influence you, be it little or great, but let the love of pure truth attract you to read. Do not ask, 'Who said this?' but pay attention to what is said.
— Thomas a Kempis
Ask not, who hath said this or that, but look to what he says.
— Thomas a Kempis
Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
VISIBILITY - You've got to find a way to make people know you're there
— Nikki Giovanni
I like observing people. I like looking at things.
— Virginia Woolf