Distracted Quotes

• A distracted existence leads us to no goal

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Goal, Setting Goals, Existence

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• I will not be distracted by noise, chatter, or setbacks. Patience, commitment, grace, and purpose will guide me.

  Louise Hay

  Commitment, Grace, Purpose

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• Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

  Colin Powell

  Leadership, Mind, Details

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• Much of everyday life is filled with opportunities to be distracted. Our possessions... entertainment... cares and anxieties... and even the passionate desire and pursuit of things, some good and not so good, can keep our minds and hearts caught up in a flurry of activity.

  Joyce Meyer

  Heart, Opportunity, Passionate Desire

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• I am severely distracted these days. It's hard to sit in front of the computer, uploading bad music for hours, when you have a wonderful boyfriend who treats you like a Goddess.

  April Winchell

  Funny, Cute, Music

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• A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Men, Madness, Proportion

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• If you know you're going to be outside, you have to be a little bit more in tune, so that you don't get distracted by what's going on and focus better.

  George Dzundza

  Focus, Tunes, Littles

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• You have a small period of time when you can perfect your career and become good at it. A lot of guys get distracted, which only hurts them. You must stay focused and work very hard at boxing.

  Gerry Cooney

  Hurt, Careers, Boxing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I sometimes got distracted easily and allowed my mind to wander when I needed to be focused. It's quite subtle, really, and just being aware of it helps.

  Payne Stewart

  Mind, Just Being, Helping

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• Big Brother isn’t watching. He’s singing and dancing. He’s pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother’s busy holding your attention every moment you’re awake. He’s making sure you’re always distracted. He’s making sure you’re fully absorbed.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Brother, Dancing, Singing

  "Lullaby". Book by Chuck Palahniuk, 2002.

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• When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience, and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; culture-death is a clear possibility.

  Neil Postman

  Baby, People, Risk

  Neil Postman (2005). “Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business”, p.129, Penguin

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• It is better to be fully present and rested and engaged for one thing than rushed, distracted, and scattered for ten.

  Rob Bell

  Engaged, One Thing, Ten

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• People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success.

  Tony Levin

  Mean, People, Definitions

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• To live more voluntarily is to live more deliberately, intentionally and purposefully - in short, it is to live more consciously. We cannot be deliberate when we are distracted from life. We cannot be intentional when we are not paying attention. We cannot be purposeful when we are not being present.

  Duane Elgin

  Attention, Awareness, Deliberate

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• I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity.

  Gilda Radner

  Love, Creativity, Ignorance

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• Too often we get distracted by what is outside of our control. You can't do anything about yesterday. The door to the past has been shut and the key thrown away. You can do nothing about tomorrow. It is yet to come.
  
  However, tomorrow is in large part determined by what you do today. So make today a masterpiece. You have control over that.

  John Wooden

  Past, Keys, Doors

  John Wooden (2011). “Wooden: A Legacy in Words and Images (EBOOK)”, p.11, McGraw-Hill Professional

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• When I'm not doing something that comes deeply from me, I get bored. When I get bored I get distracted and when I get distracted, I become depressed. It's a natural resistance, and it insures your integrity.

  Maria Irene Fornes

  Integrity, Bored, Resistance

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• I've never had WiFi at home. I'm too easily distracted, and YouTube is too tempting.

  Dave Eggers

  Home, Youtube, Tempting

  "Dave Eggers: 'We tend to look everywhere but the mirror' - interview". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2013.

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• Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Motivational, Encouraging

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Aug 12, 2014

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• The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion.

  Malcolm De Chazal

  Pregnancy, Heart, Mind

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• I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get.

  Meg Ryan

  Thinking, Madness, Life Is

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• You've just got to focus on excellence and try not to be distracted by the news and the rumors and the absurdities of the stories that were coming out.

  James Daly

  Focus, Excellence, Rumor

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• 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 and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.

  John Ortberg

  Faith, Settling, Danger

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.82, Harper Collins

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• It's true that I tend to daydream. I'm the same person in business as I am in music: I can be distracted and absentminded. It's my style.

  Gordon Getty

  Style, Daydreaming, Persons

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• I think my expectations for myself are much more severe and much more direct. You can't work on a film for six years without being your own toughest critic. So you can't really be distracted by the expectations based on your previous performance.

  Ken Burns

  Thinking, Years, Expectations

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