Distraction Quotes

446 Distraction quotes by 390 unique authors

In the yogic tradition, this principle of using intense effort to burn through life's distractions is called Tapas. It's another Sanskrit word, roughly defined as… — Russell Simmons
...the limitations of my endurance were expanded over and over. At times I felt that if I did not sit down I would collapse. Then… — Marlo Morgan
It is impossible to read the history of the petty republics of Greece and Italy without feeling sensations of horror and disgust at the distractions… — Alexander Hamilton
True transformation occurs only when we can look at ourselves squarely and face our attachments and inner demons, free from the buzz of commercial distraction… — Julia Hill
The subconscious mind is probably the most important factor in being a good golfer. It keeps distractions on the course from ruining a good round.… — Unknown Author
I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the… — Tracy Chevalier
There will never be a "perfect" time to quit smoking. A time when you don't have any distractions or stress... If you had started today… — Mark Twain
When you are soul-centered, you can focus your attention where and when you want to, easily, without distraction. You know to look for what you… — Sarah MacLean
Deep in the soul, below pain, below all the distraction of life, is a silence vast and grand - an infinite ocean of calm, which… — Unknown Author
I work out for my head as much as I do for my body. I'm a thinker. A lot of my ideas come to me… — Grete Waitz
An effective leader creates specific, achievable goals, initiates action and enlists the participation of others. They remove distractions; grasps the bigger picture, focuses on one… — Ken Wyatt
The image that fiction presents is purged of the distractions, confusions and accidents of ordinary life. — Robert Penn Warren
The wilderness is a place of rest - not in the sense of being motionless, for the lure, after all, is to move, to round… — David Douglass
The irony of multitasking is that it's exhausting: when you're doing two or three things simultaneously, you use more energy than the sum of energy… — Twyla Tharp
If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in… — Ramakrishna
The world needs more than just itself. Amid the dreariness, people do not need a distraction that will in the end become dreary itself; they… — Pope Benedict XVI
Throughout history there have been many men and women who have chosen to imitate Jesus as he withdraws into the desert... To pass time in… — Raniero Cantalamessa
It is better to say one Our Father fervently and devoutly than a thousand with no devotion and full of distraction. — Unknown Author
I've done lots of songs for film soundtracks and things like that-stuff I'm not ashamed of, but that doesn't represent my legacy with the Pretenders...I… — Chrissie Hynde
No distractions. Center yourself. This is your time. — Jane Fonda
With all of the visual distraction constantly inundating us in the form of our devices and screens, I really derive a great deal of pleasure… — Nick Offerman
There’s one thing I will not do, ever: I will never talk to you about things you cannot change. It plants a negativity in the… — Tim Gunn
I don't think you go to a play to forget, or to a movie to be distracted. I think life generally is a distraction and… — Tom Noonan
In regard to propaganda the early advocates of universal literacy and a free press envisaged only two possibilities: the propaganda might be true, or the… — Aldous Huxley
I raised you to be a thoroughbred. When thoroughbreds run, they wear blinders to keep their eyes focused straight ahead with no distractions, no other… — Marlo Thomas

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