Preoccupied Quotes

114 quotes by 104 authors

When your mind is preoccupied, your impulsesâ€”not your long-term goalsâ€”will guide your choices. — Kelly McGonigal
There would seem to be a limit, even for an art preoccupied with boundaries and transgressions, beyond which a work reaches its breaking point and… — Brian Ferneyhough
If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an… — Lincoln Ellsworth
. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of… — Laozi
But I try not to become preoccupied with that because with whatever direction I follow, with whatever advice I've followed or not followed, It's landed… — Eriq La Salle
Let us be very sincere in our dealings with each other, and have the courage to accept each other as we are. Do not be… — Mother Teresa
I think there is a rage against women. I've come to see that now although at the time I did not notice it. I was… — Marguerite Young
Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence.... Its not… — Thomas A. Edison
As a young girl, I was much more preoccupied by my flaws. Everyone teased me because of my long, skinny neck. To hide my so-called… — Iman Abdulmajid
Mainiacs away from Maine are truly displaced persons, only half alive, only half aware of their immediate surroundings. Their inner attention is always preoccupied and… — Louise Dickinson Rich
My goal is to make furniture that people can be comfortable living with. If youâ€™re not preoccupied with making an impact with your designs, chances… — Sam Maloof
I gather together the dreams, fantasies, experiences that preoccupied me as a girl, that stay with me and appear and reappear in different shapes and… — Bell Hooks
When a woman dresses modestly, I can take her seriously as a woman because she doesnâ€™t look like sheâ€™s begging for attention. She knows that… — Jason Evert
Being preoccupied with our self-image is like being deaf and blind. It's like standing in the middle of a vast field of wildflowers with a… — Pema Chodron
The complaint, therefore, that all topicks are preoccupied, is nothing more than the murmur of ignorance or idleness, by which some discourage others, and some… — Samuel Johnson
Be so preoccupied with good will that you haven't room for ill will. — E. Stanley Jones
By then, I was making the slow transition from classical biochemistry to molecular biology and becoming increasingly preoccupied with how genes act and how proteins… — Paul Berg
We have very little, so we have nothing to be preoccupied with. The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less you give.… — Mother Teresa
The modern way with God is to set him at a distance, if not to deny him altogether; and the irony is that modern Christians,… — J I Packer
Observe your cat. It is difficult to surprise him. Why? Naturally his superior hearing is part of the answer, but not all of it. He… — Jeff Cooper

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