Distracted Quotes

289 Distracted quotes by 264 unique authors

We are distracted from our greatness because are greatness is what scares us. Right where you are…God is. — Iyanla Vanzant
Excitable, easily distracted, sometimes vacant, prone to gloominess and also extreme euphoria; I can’t be generous with time, but I try to be generous with… — Florence Welch
You might find it difficult to see anything but your own sadness, the way smoke can cover a landscape so that all anyone can see… — Daniel Handler
The writer cannot make the seas of distraction stand still, but he [or she] can at times come between the madly distracted and the distractions. — Saul Bellow
I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions. — Nik Wallenda
It’s the age-old concept of like attracts like, or the law of attraction. You get back what you put out, so you might as well… — Sophia Amoruso
Happy couples make it a habbit to refocus. Because it's quite normal to be distracted. So they talk. They get away for a while. They… — Bo Sanchez
Ultimately there is light and love and intelligence in this universe. And we are it, we carry that within us, it’s not just something out… — Tenzin Palmo
Keeping a slow hunch alive poses challenges on multiple scales. For starters, you have to preserve the hunch in your own memory, in the dense… — Steven Johnson
What good does it do to have all the riches of the world and all the world's pleasures? They will all disappear in the flash… — Rama Swami
When you are hunting elephants, don't get distracted chasing rabbits. — T. Boone Pickens
The generations before you failed. They didn’t stay up all night. They got distracted and lost sight of the fact that life is a miracle… — Paul Hawken
It seemed intended by the blessed providence of God that I should be blind all my life, and I thank him for the dispensation. If… — Fanny Crosby
If these distracted times prove anything, they prove that the greatest illusion is reliance upon the security and permanence of material possessions. We must search… — John Cudahy
Every time we start thinking we're the center of the universe, the universe turns around and says with a slightly distracted air, "I'm sorry. What'd… — Margaret Maron
We shall never understand the ethical system taught by Jesus unless we realize that he was a Jew, not only by birth, but that he… — Arthur Keith
If the heart wanders or is distracted, bring it back to the point quite gently... And even if you did nothing during the whole of… — Saint Francis de Sales
Good music just makes me happy and keeps me from getting distracted. — Sloane Stephens
The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion. — Malcolm De Chazal
Are you distracted by outward cares? Then allow yourself a space of quiet wherein you can add to your knowledge of the Good and learn… — Marcus Aurelius
The best advice I can give is to ignore advice. Life is too short to be distracted by the opinions of others. — Unknown Author
Small wonder our national spirit is husk empty. We have more information but less knowledge. More communication but less community. More goods but less goodwill.… — Randall Robinson
If I was writing a lifestyle book it would have the same advice on every page, and you’d know it all already. Eat lots of… — Ben Goldacre
The routines of almost all famous writers, from Charles Darwin to John Grisham, similarly emphasise specific starting times, or number of hours worked, or words… — Oliver Burkeman
When I'm not doing something that comes deeply from me, I get bored. When I get bored I get distracted and when I get distracted,… — Maria Irene Fornes

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