--- title: "8 Attention Thoughts Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Attention Thoughts quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Attention Thoughts sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/melki-rish-47266_focus_pay-attention-to-your-thoughts-and-your_283741.jpg" --- > [“Pay attention to your thoughts and your words, because they are responding with similar events”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melki-rish/pay-attention-to-your-thoughts-and-your-words-because-they-are/) [Melki Rish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melki-rish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/melki-rish-47266_focus_pay-attention-to-your-thoughts-and-your_283741.jpg) > [“God wants all man's attention, thoughts and focus to be on Him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaachynma-n-e-agu/god-wants-all-man-s-attention-thoughts-and-focus-to-be-on-him/) [Jaachynma N.E. Agu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaachynma-n-e-agu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/jaachynma-n-e-agu-2971_accomplishments_god-wants-all-man-s-attention-thoughts-a_350618.jpg) > [I keep trying to find ways to shift the viewer's attention away from the object they are looking at and toward their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uta-barth/i-keep-trying-to-find-ways-to-shift-the-viewer-s-attention-away-from/) [Uta Barth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uta-barth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/uta-barth-49164_activity_i-keep-trying-to-find-ways-to-shift-the_804068.jpg) > [“If you feel insecure or unhappy, you will be drawn to or create someone who may treat you poorly. Your thoughts, beliefs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-anthony-gibbs/if-you-feel-insecure-or-unhappy-you-will-be-drawn-to-or-create/) [Russell Anthony Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-anthony-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b01/russell-anthony-gibbs-19771_faith_if-you-feel-insecure-or-unhappy-you-will_875390.jpg) > [“Why would you pay attention to your own thoughts, if you knew you were trying to manipulate yourself”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/why-would-you-pay-attention-to-your-own-thoughts-if-you-knew-you-were/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_focus_why-would-you-pay-attention-to-your-own_1511156.png) > [In your quiet moments, what do you think about? How far youve come, or how far you have to go? Your strengths,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harsh/in-your-quiet-moments-what-do-you-think-about-how-far-youve-come-or/) [Harsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harsh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/609/harsh-60001_contemplation_in-your-quiet-moments-what-do-you-think_1530723.jpg) > [Once you realize that will power is just a matter of learning how to control your attention and thoughts, you can really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-mischel/once-you-realize-that-will-power-is-just-a-matter-of-learning-how-to/) [Walter Mischel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-mischel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/walter-mischel-37193_attention_once-you-realize-that-will-power-is-just_1730879.png) > [Pay attention to how your thoughts change when you're faced with negative people. The more time you spend dreading, fretting, worrying, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-morin/pay-attention-to-how-your-thoughts-change-when-you-re-faced-with/) [Amy Morin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-morin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc4/amy-morin-4409_change_pay-attention-to-how-your-thoughts-chang_1961832.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention-thoughts/#itemlist", "name": "Attention Thoughts Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Pay attention to your thoughts and your words, because they are responding with similar events”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melki Rish" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melki-rish/pay-attention-to-your-thoughts-and-your-words-because-they-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/melki-rish-47266_focus_pay-attention-to-your-thoughts-and-your_283741.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/melki-rish-47266_focus_pay-attention-to-your-thoughts-and-your_283741.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/melki-rish-47266_focus_pay-attention-to-your-thoughts-and-your_283741.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Pay attention to your thoughts and your words, because they are responding with similar events” — Melki Rish", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“God wants all man's attention, thoughts and focus to be on Him.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jaachynma N.E. 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