Distraction Quotes

446 Distraction quotes by 390 unique authors

Paying attention at every moment, forms a new relationship to time. In some magical way, by slowing down, you become more efficient, productive, and energetic,… — Michael Ray
When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation. — Ramana Maharshi
Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions. — Dogen
The zazen I speak of is not learning meditation. It is simply the Dharma gate of repose and bliss, the practice-realization of totally culminated enlightenment.… — Dogen
The trouble for today's footballers is they have too many distractions. We used to get our old players coming to watch training with football magazines… — Franz Beckenbauer
There can be distractions, but if you're isolated from the heart of the Games, the Olympics become just another competition. — Mary Lou Retton
There are two kinds of peacemakers in the modern world; and they are both, though in various ways, a nuisance. The first peacemaker is the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions. — Derek Jeter
I have fought too hard and for too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual… — John Lewis
Listening without bias or distraction is the greatest value you can pay another person. — Denis Waitley
Now I will have less distraction. — Leonhard Euler
An addiction to distraction is the end of your creative production. — Robin Sharma
For me, climbing is a form of exploration that inspires me to confront my own inner nature within nature. It’s a means of experiencing a… — Lynn Hill
It is a fair adornment of a man and a great convenience both to himself and to all those with whom he converses and deals,… — Isaac Barrow
If you can follow only one bit of data, follow the earnings - assuming the company in question has earnings. I subscribe to the crusty… — Peter Lynch
Knowing has two poles, and they are always poles apart: carnal knowing, the laying on of hands, the hanging of the fact by head or… — William H. Gass
Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several--from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from… — Jean de la Bruyere
O woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil! — John Fletcher
Once you decide to do right, life is easy, there are no distractions. — William Stafford
Ministers are tempted to join the ranks of those who consider it their primary task to keep other people busy … But our task is… — Henri Nouwen
Science can give us knowledge, but it cannot give us wisdom. Nor can religion, until it puts aside nonsense and distraction and becomes itself again. — Marilynne Robinson
The outcome of my days is always the same; an infinite desire for what one never gets; a void one cannot fill; an utter yearning… — Eugene Delacroix
I think my work has to do with a sense that we are attempting, all the time, to create a logical, rational path through the… — Billy Collins
Love, you drive me to distraction. — Dave Matthews
Femininity in general is seen as frivolous. People often say feminine people are doing “the most”, meaning that to don a dress, heels, lipstick, and… — Janet Mock

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