Wherever you are, be there. If you can be fully present now, you’ll know what it means to live.

The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention.

Each cherry took about three seconds to eat. Three seconds to eat, but at least five years in the making. It seemed unfair to the hard-working cherry tree. The least I could do was to...

Her romances often seemed like dalliances; she enjoyed male company and blossomed in its presence, but she did not appear to care deeply about any of the men [Steiner]

Never crave to be known for someone you are not. Be who you are in the day and when the lights are off, remain true!

We become neighbors when we are willing to cross the road for one another. (…) There is a lot of road crossing to do. We are all very busy in our own circles. We have...

People always lean toward who’s the best guitar player, who’s the best singer? I don’t see it that way. They’re all the best, you know? They’ve all gotten your attention, you’ve admired them, you’ve tried...

There are so many cameras. There is so much instant media attention, not just for celebrities, but for normal people that get thrust in the reality world.

It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers.

Emily Greenstreet was one of these girls that nobody ever notices, who are only friends with other girls nobody notices. Nobody likes or dislikes them. They have weak chins, or chicken-pox scars, or their glasses...

A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.

Brands frantically tried to compete for users’ fragmented attention, spraying content on every platform in a 24/7 race to stay relevant.

Urgency means paying the details the attention they deserve, with the respect they deserve, without delay.

Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?

You can’t be creative without criticism. If your life is without critics then maybe you are painting your life’s masterpiece with only a broken brown crayon.

Forrest Gander: “Maybe the best we can do is try to leave ourselves unprotected. To keep brushing off habits, how we see things and what we expect, as they crust around us. Brushing the green...

Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention.

Trying to be offensive for the sole purpose of being offensive should always deem one the least offensive of offenders.

Remember the proverb: ‘A sign is enough for the alert, but a thousand counsels are not enough for the negligent.

Avoid the use of abusive words in communications that may switch off the attention of your mentor and your customers away.

Not considering this opening worthy of more attention, I continued our pursuit to the Northwest, being desirous to embrace the advantages of the prevailing breeze.

I project myself to love and devote my time and attention to someone without a reason, so at least I can give someone the feelings of being the most special person in someone’s life.

The sounds of silence are a dim recollection now, like mystery, privacy and paying attention to one thing — or one person — at a time.

Many writers make the mistake of making their readers appear like Lazarus, without any iota of care, throwing down books to readers to crunch as if they are dogs.

Every moment is utterly unique and will not be continued in eternity. This fact gives life its poignancy and should concentrate your attention on what you are experiencing now.

After he wrote The Paradox of Choice, Schwartz got fervent amens from European governments as well as individual readers for insisting that the management of your focus has become one of decision-laden modernity’s major challenges....

Seek respect, not attention. It lasts longer.

Attention is a resource as abundant as sunlight. It streams outward all day long whether we choose to tap into it or not. By developing conscious focus of our attention, we learn to harness one...

The music and everything we’re doing on the stage and on television backs itself up. If that’s what gets people’s curiosity going or brings their attention to us, that’s fine.

I used to wear disguises, like hats and false beards, just to walk around and avoid attention.

Don’t pay attention to those who offer too much.

Before God put that dream into you, he did not ask for the approval of anybody… It means anyone who tells you “it’s impossible” is not from God!

Banality is like boredom: bored people are boring people, people who think that things are banal are themselves banal.Interesting people can find something interesting in all things.

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.

The breath of the mind is attention 128

Good habits are hard to form and easy to live with. Bad habits are easy to form and hard to live with. Pay attention. Be aware . If we don’t consciously form good ones, we...

In your travels, do not draw your attention to those stones in the dirt that cause your feet to ache. But rather draw your attention to the loveliness of all that does surround you. Marvel...

I do feel very honored to get all this attention. Basically, what I need to do is to go out there and perform. That’s what I’m intending to do.

A man can do a television interview and roll out of bed 15 minutes before; it’s just not the same for a woman. A woman has to pay attention to her hair, makeup, clothing, and...

Yet he argued that even a tedious topic can take on a certain fascination if you make an effort to look at it afresh: “The subject must be made to show new aspects of itself;...

When you mix with the wrong energy, there’s bound to be an explosion. Pay attention and switch lanes when the signal changes. What’s really real, is ultimately revealed.

Having a hearing is educational. Having a hearing with television cameras is useful. Having a hearing with two rows of television cameras is Heaven.

These days cry out, as never before, for us to pay attention, so we can move through them and get our joy and pride back.

Pay attention to the intricate patterns of your existence that you take for granted.

Love people with all sincere attention, but don’t overdo it as if you are not special. Don’t lose yourself in the process of loving other people. Remember, you are special too!

Whatever is difficult can be done with regular attention and actions. Stay focused.

from now on,” as, that leads thought into the future indefinitely without impressing the mind with any end whatever.

We know that attention acts as a lightning rod. Merely by concentrating on something one causes endless analogies to collect around it, even penetrate the boundaries of the subject itself: an experience that we call...

What we focus on guides our experience; it shapes itself into our thoughts, embodies our feelings and our expands beliefs.Master your attention, so your can master your world.

It’s a sad day when a cartoon is doing more and cares more and pays more attention to the environment than our president.