Attentive Quotes

137 quotes by 122 authors

We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit,… — Mary Antin
Just as in prayer it is not we who momentarily catch His attention, but He ours, so when we fail to hear His voice, it… — Charles Brent
...people mostly pray as if there were no God with them, or as if He did not heed their prayers. Let us ascribe to the… — John of Kronstadt
As to my success here I cannot say much as yet: the Indians seem generally kind, and well-disposed towards me, and are mostly very attentive… — David Brainerd
While praying, listen to the words very carefully. When your heart is attentive, your entire being enters your prayer without your having to force it. — Nachman of Breslov
Let thy carriage be such as becomes a man grave settled and attentive to that which is spoken. Contradict not, at every turn, what others… — George Washington
Lord Jesus, Who in the Eucharist make your dwelling among us and become our traveling companion, sustain our Christian communities so that they may be… — Pope John Paul II
Every man has frequent grievances which only the solicitude of friendship will discover and remedy, and which would remain for ever unheeded in the mighty… — Samuel Johnson
Bottle, whose Mysterious Deep Do's ten thousand Secrets keep, With attentive Ear I wait; Ease my Mind, and speak my Fate. — Francois Rabelais
One of the best hearing aids a man can have is an attentive wife. — Groucho Marx
Photography is, for me, a spontaneous impulse coming from an ever attentive eye which captures the moment and its eternity. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
Luck is the attentive photographer's best teacher. — John Szarkowski
To be interested is to be absorbed in, wrapped up in, carried away by, some object. To take an interest is to be on the… — John Dewey
Be attentive to the voice of grace. — Elizabeth Ann Seton
I have appealed to our own experience for the truth of what I advance on this subject [that the legislative power is the predominant power].… — James Madison
This gardener will be out in the very early morning and from late afternoon, attentive to small changes in the quality of light and the… — Susan Hill
Geffrey Davis interrogates masculinity- as brother, son, father, lover-to examine the sources of love's enduring and failed aspects ... I admire Davis' emotional vocabulary, his… — Robin Becker
In a time of infirmity, the illness IS one's work. Taking care of all the disciplines that our health problems require IS the other part… — Marva Dawn
I didn't know what to do with myself. I wasn't excited by the teaching of the school. If they'd been intent on really teaching you… — Diane Cilento
The arts inform as well as stimulate; they challenge as well as satisfy. Their location is not limited to galleries, concert halls and theatres. Their… — Elliot W. Eisner

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