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Quotes about Distractions

How many times do we miss blessings simply because we weren't looking for them? We get busy and distracted. We get stuck in bad moods. We think too much about ourselves—what I need and want. When our minds are stuck on all that is wrong, we miss all the wonderful things God puts in our path.
- Darlene Zschech
The great opposition to reading is what I allow to fill my time instead of reading. To say we have no time to read is not really true; we simply have chosen to use our time for other things, or have allowed our time to be filled to the exclusion of reading. So don't add reading to your to-do list. Just stop doing the things that keep you from doing it. But read.
- James Emery White
Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
- Brian Tracy
We need to make peace with who we are so insecurities don't become a distraction to how we live. Just because I sometimes feel insecure doesn't mean I have to be insecure.
- Lysa TerKeurst
Man's condition ought to impel him to seek to discover whether there is a God and a solution to his predicament. But people occupy their time and their thoughts with trivialities and distractions, so as to avoid the despair, boredom, and anxiety that would inevitably result if those diversions were removed.
- William Lane Craig
Let the presence of God INVADE you today. It's all about Him...don't get distracted by the stupid things of the enemy. Remember, God wins! :)
- Kari Jobe
Where is our acknowledgement of God if our thoughts are fixed on the glamour of our garments?
- John Calvin
We are no longer able to hear God - There are too many frequencies filling our ears.
- Pope Benedict XVI
In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.
- Francis Chan
There are many things that are perfectly legitimate, but if you are going to concentrate on God you cannot do them.
- Oswald Chambers
It's easy to get attached to idols, good things inappropriately adored. But when you have Jesus in the centre of a room, everything else only junks up the decor.
- Charles Swindoll