His Attention Quotes

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Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work. — Thomas Aquinas
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
The great antidote to anxiety is to come to God in prayer. We are to pray about everything. Nothing is too big for Him to… — Jerry Bridges
I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he first forms a… — Benjamin Franklin
In every age he had ever studied, doomsayers abounded. No millennium is attractive to the man immured in it; enough prophecies have been made in… — Janet Morris
There prevails among men of letters, an opinion, that all appearance of science is particularly hateful to Women; and that therefore whoever desires to be… — Samuel Johnson
[About Francis Baily] The history of the astronomy of the nineteenth century will be incomplete without a catalogue of his labours. He was one of… — Augustus De Morgan
The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real. — Simone Weil
If we imagine an observer to approach our planet from outer space, and, pushing aside the belts of red-brown clouds which obscure our atmosphere, to… — Eduard Suess
If a guy's talking to you at a club and you're having a long conversation, and then one of your friends comes up and he… — Brody Jenner
It's an honour to have such a wonderful international cast on board for this world famous murder mystery. Writer Stewart Harcourt has created an exquisite… — David Suchet
To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other than oneself. Whenever a man so concentrates his attention - on a landscape, a… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A genius is the man in whom you are least likely to find the power of attending to anything insipid or distasteful in itself. He… — William James
Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession. — Gautama Buddha
When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real… — Philippe Halsman
Those who have past much of their lives in this great city, look upon its opulence and its multitudes, its extent and variety, with cold… — Samuel Johnson
I am graven on the palms of His hands. I am never out of His mind. All my knowledge of Him depends on His sustained… — J I Packer
The workman mindful of success, therefore, will naturally direct his attention to the faultless preparation of his stock, and in order to achieve this result,… — Auguste Escoffier
When anyone is going wrong, it is a mistake to warn him not to go further. It is also a mistake to leave him alone.… — Christian D. Larson
I was in relationship with a guy who was much older than me - either he was past his prime and I was coming into… — Deana Carter

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