A pretty face can capture my attention but only a beautiful mind can hold it.
— Immortal Technique
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It's beauty that captures your attention. personality which captures your heart.
Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your life.

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.
We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.
I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.

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.
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.
Do not think dishonestly... Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters. Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything. Perceive those things which cannot be seen. Pay attention even to trifles. Do nothing which is of no use.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.
When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe, the less taste we shall have for destruction.
When anyone studies a little or pays a little attention to the rules of Islamic government, Islamic politics, Islamic society and Islamic economy he will realize that Islam is a very political religion. Anyone who will say that religion is separate from politics is a fool; he does not know Islam or politics.

When you pay attention to the Quran, you discover that it can only be from Allah. It becomes clearer and clearer to you that it cannot be from a human being. But many people don't perceive the Quran this way because Allah doesn't open its doors to people who do not pay attention.
People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.
Companies pay too much attention to the cost of doing something.
They should worry more about the cost of not doing it.

I want the great masses of my people to take a greater pride in their personal appearance and to give their hair proper attention.
Productivity and efficiency can be achieved only step by step with sustained hard work, relentless attention to details and insistence on the highest standards of quality and performance.
I think sometimes when you want attention you can wear sunglasses and people are like "Who is that?"

Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness.
It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment, and then sustaining that attention over time as best we can. In the process, we become more in touch with our life as it is unfolding.
Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.
I am a happy camper so I guess I’m doing something right.
Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.

Hoes want attention, women want respect.
We must not pay attention just to reading and studying;
rather, we should ask if we are open before the Lord. If we do not have an unveiled face, the glory of the Lord will not shine on us. If our heart is not open to God, God cannot give us any light.
Particular attention should be given to the opportunities which the environment presents or precludes for involvement of children with persons both older and younger than themselves.

Yeah, I was a brother on the streets of Compton doing a lot of things most people look down on but it did pay off. Then we started rapping about real stuff that shook up the LAPD and the FBI. But we got our message across big time, and everyone in America started paying attention to the boys in the hood.
I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled.
No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
Pay attention America. Third party might not win it this year, but we could be seeing the shift away from a two party system unfolding.

If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves.
You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.
Be king in your dreams. Make your vow that you will reach that position, with untarnished reputation, and make no other vow to distract your attention.
It's the little things that make the big things possible.
Only close attention to the fine details of any operation makes the operation first class.
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.