Quotes about Attention

Here is the central paradox: the pastor is a public figure who must make himself nothing, who must speak not to attract attention to himself but rather to point away from himself—unlike most contemporary celebrities. The pastor must make truth claims to win people not to his own way of thinking but to God's way. The pastor must succeed, not by increasing his own social status but, if need be, by decreasing it.

False prophets are not motivated by love, but are motivated by a need to be noticed.

When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.

Let us thank God heartily as often as we pray that we have His Spirit in us to teach us to pray. Thanksgiving will draw our hearts out to God and keep us engaged with Him; it will take our attention from ourselves and give the Spirit room in our hearts.

Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.

He was simply a youth tremendously excited with life, and though he was a con-man, he was only conning because he wanted so much to live and to get involved with people who would otherwise pay no attention to him.

Twitter... can ruin your life.

Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

There's a wealth that has nothing to do with dollars, that comes from the perspective and wisdom of paying attention to your life.

The wisdom of God is vaster than the wisdom of man. Failure to pay attention to it will have ramifications.