Attention Quote by Brennan Manning

“Tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, rather than on what they are and who they might become.” quote by Brennan Manning — Download Open image

“Tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, rather than on what they are and who they might become.”

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I you think you've done it, then you're wrong. Because you're not finished until you have achieved everything that you never thought you could.

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