Preoccupied Quotes

114 quotes by 104 authors

Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied later Christians. He… — Karen Armstrong
Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work. Many are so preoccupied with work that… — Watchman Nee
I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not. — Betty Ford
When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this way, we fail… — Matthieu Ricard
We ought to be more focused on enemies without than preoccupied with finding them within. — Alan Wolfe
For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed… — John Ortberg
Our minds should not be empty because if they are not preoccupied by good, evil will break in upon them. — Samuel Johnson
The jealous man is so preoccupied with what he hasn't got that he fails to appreciate the value of what he has got. He loses… — William Ralph Inge
We live in a society of social networks, with Twitter pages and Facebook, and thatâ€™s fine, but we have contact with our work associates, our… — Brady Quinn
There is probably no heterosexual alive who is not preoccupied with his latent homosexuality. — Norman Mailer
Yeah but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could they didn't stop to think if they should. — Jeff Goldblum
A lot of people seem to get preoccupied with what I'm wearing as opposed to the music. — Sheryl Crow
Many are so preoccupied with what others think it defines their existence. When we fixate externally, it keeps us from truly knowing ourselves and our… — Jillian Michaels
We are preoccupied with time. If we could learn to love space as deeply as we are now obsessed with time, we might discover a… — Edward Abbey
The church has been preoccupied with the question, 'What happens to your soul after you die?' AS IF THE REASON FOR JESUS COMING CAN BE… — Brian D. McLaren
Ponder the significance of the responsibility the Lord has given to us. The Lord has counseled, "Let the solemnities of eternity rest upon your minds."… — Ezra Taft Benson
I know that some knowledgeable people fear that although we might be willing to spend a couple of billion dollars in 1958, because we still… — Hugh Latimer Dryden
Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Our spiritual life is a life in which we wait, actively present to the moment, expecting that new things will happen to us, new things… — Henri Nouwen
I am preoccupied with the possibility of creating art which functions in a public situation without compromising its private character of being antiheroic, antimonumental, antiabstract,… — Claes Oldenburg

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