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“Oh, the difficulty of fixing the attention of men on the world within them!”

Men World Attention Difficulty Fixing Self-examination

Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“If a man successful in business expends a part of his income in things of no real use, while the poor employed by him pass through difficulties in getting the necessaries of life, this requires his serious attention.”

Ifs Men Real Use Wealth Poor Attention Successful Serious Difficulty Income Employed

Book:A Journal of the Life and Travels of John Woolman: In the Service of the Gospel

Source: A Journal of the Life and Travels of John Woolman: In the Service of the Gospel

“Frank W. Woolworth once told me that the turning-point in his career did not come until he was thrown flat on his back by illness. He was sure that his business would go to pieces during his long, enforced absence. Instead, he discovered that he had in his employ men who could overcome difficulties when given power to exercise initiative. After that Woolworth left many problems and difficulties to be solved by subordinates and turned his attention to big things.”

Men Long Problem Bigs Left Given Attention Careers Pieces Exercise Overcoming Difficulty Illness Absence Thrown Flats Frank Initiative Big Things Subordinates Turning Points

Author:B. C. Forbes

“Focusing on difficulties intensifies and enlarges the problem. When we focus our attention on God, the problem is put into its proper perspective and it no longer overwhelms us.”

Problem Attention Focus Perspective Difficulty

Book:How to Listen to God

Source: How to Listen to God

“She was having some difficulty piecing together exactly why she deserved to be in this place, but she wasn't stupid enough to deny that in the end life was cruel and didn't pay attention to what was fair.”

Ends Enough Together Pay Attention Stupid Fairs Difficulty Deny Pay Attention

Author:Ted Dekker

“Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream”

Ifs Life Inspirational Firsts Pay Attention Difficulty Pay Attention Scream Sooner Or Later

Author:Oprah Winfrey

“Your call will become clear as as your mind is transformed by the reading of Scripture and the internal work of God's Spirit. The Lord never hides His will from us. In time, as you obey the call first to follow, your destiny will unfold before you. The difficulty will lie in keeping other concerns from diverting your attention.”

Mind Firsts Spirit Lying Reading Attention Lord Destiny Clear Holy Concern Difficulty Scripture Gods Will Holy Spirit Internals Transformed Your Destiny

Author:Charles R. Swindoll

“I am compassionate. I allow my heart and imagination to embrace the difficulties and concerns of others. While maintaining my own balance, I find it within myself to extend sympathy, attention, and support. When they are grieved, I listen with openness and gentle strength. I offer loyalty, friendship, and human understanding. Without undermining or enabling, I aid and assist others to find their strength. I allow the healing power of the Universe to flow through me, soothing the hearts and feelings of those I encounter.”

“Economic policies absorb almost the entire attention of government, and at the same time become ever more impotent. The simplest things, which only fifty years ago one could do without difficulty, cannot get done any more. The richer a society, the more impossible it become to do worthwhile things without immediate payoff.”

Years Done Government Attention Economy Impossible Society Economic Policy Years Ago Difficulty Fifty Worthwhile Simplest Economic Policy Payoff Worthwhile Things

Book:SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL

Source: SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL

“Remember this practical piece of advice: Never come into the theatre with mud on your feet. Leave your dust and dirt outside. Check your little worries, squabbles, petty difficulties with your outside clothing - all the things that ruin your life and draw your attention away from your art - at the door.”

Life Littles Art Remember Actors Acting Attention Worry Pieces Doors Feet Advice Draws Difficulty Theatre Practicals Checks Dust Ruins Clothings Dirt Mud Petty Theatre Acting Squabbles

Book:Building A Character

Source: Building A Character

“Nature-deficit disorder describes the human costs of alienation from nature, among them: diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties, and higher rates of physical and emotional illnesses. The disorder can be detected in individuals, families, and communities.”

Humans Use Individual Community Attention Emotional Higher Cost Difficulty Rate Illness Senses Disorder Deficit Alienation

Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

“Greatness of spirit is to bear finely both good fourtune and bad, honor and disgrace, and not to think highly of luxury or attention or power or victories in contests, and to possess a certain depth and magnitude of spirit.”

Thinking Spirit Certain Attention Greatness Bears Victory Honor Difficulty Depth Luxury Contests Disgrace Coping Magnitude

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)