Pausing Quotes

46 quotes by 42 authors

A garden is the mirror of a mind. It is a place of life, a mystery of green moving to the pulse of the year,… — Henry Beston
From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines. Going where I list, my own master, total and absolute. Listening to others,… — Walt Whitman
Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process. — A. Bartlett Giamatti
She was more than human to me. She was a Fairy, a Sylph. I don't know what she was, anything that no one ever saw,… — Charles Dickens
The essence of wisdom, from a practical standpoint, is pausing long enough to look at our lives-invitations, opportunities, relationships-from God's perspective. And then acting on… — Charles Stanley
A lot of people go straight from denial to despair without pausing in the middle and doing something about it. — Al Gore
Slow down, especially at the beginning of a speech. You'll get the audience's attention by pausing. — Bob Kerrey
Something precious is lost if we rush headlong into the details of life without pausing for a moment to pay homage to the mystery of… — Kent Nerburn
Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to open a door.… — David Steindl-Rast
Within seconds thoughts become words that slip off our tongue and into the world. Pausing before we speak may seem cumbersome, but it allows us… — David Jeremiah
Through the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin to trust in… — Tara Brach
Long ago, when Harry had been left alone while the Dursley's went out to enjoy themselves, the hours of solitude had been a rare treat:… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Just pausing for two to three breaths is a perfect way to stay present. This is a good use of our life. Indeed, it is… — Pema Chodron
That is where homeland is. In that shifting space, kinfolk know one another by secret signs; and wherever kinfolk meet, homeland soil coalesces about their… — Janette Turner Hospital
Sometimes during the day, I consciously focus on some ordinary object and allow myself a momentary "paying-attention." This paying-attention gives meaning to my life. I… — Robert Fulghum
I like to talk about a thing I call a "practiced pause." Just a few moments of pausing allows me to consider a circumstance and… — Mary Anne Radmacher
Seeing what is wrong and how it could be made right propels us into action, but in that action we often leave other people behind… — Jennifer Lawrence
The difference is that with fame comes a spotlight, one which has recently made it impossible to ignore the fact that more and more of… — Michael Musto
Sometimes goldfinches one by one will drop From low hung branches; little space they stop; But sip, and twitter, and their feathers sleek; Then off… — John Keats
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts. — Clarence Day

Who Wrote These Pausing Quotes

42 authors contributed a total of 46 Pausing Quotes, led by these top contributors: