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1 " To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based incentives can help. But when the incentive level is very high, it can command too much attention and thereby distract the person’s mind with thoughts about the reward. This can create stress and ultimately reduce the level of performance. "
― Dan Ariely , The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
2 " Our Christian destiny is, in fact, a great one: but we cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great. For our own idea of greatness is illusory, and if we pay too much attention to it we will be lured out of the peace and stability of the being God gave us, and seek to live in a myth we have created for ourselves. And when we are truly ourselves we lose most of the futile self-consciousness that keeps us constantly comparing ourselves with others in order to see how big we are. "
― Thomas Merton , No Man Is an Island
3 " A compassionate government does not need to pay too much attention to those who don't have needs. True leadership is to fulfill a need of the needy. People who have needs need attention indeed! Be a true leader! "
― Israelmore Ayivor , The Great Hand Book of Quotes
4 " When a physical illness or other adverse circumstance arises, humans tend to add to the problem by worrying and increasing the mental anxiety in their situation. Let’s take illness as an example. We have to face the fact that life is not always perfect and that disease occasionally happens. When you fall into a painful situation or get sick, the best thing to do is to think about the greater anguish being suffered by so many of our fellow creatures. This is more productive than being concerned about one’s own suffering and compounding it with worry, giving too much attention to the pain "
― Doug "Ten" Rose , Fearless Puppy on American Road
5 " Conscience is like a pet: If you spoil it by too much attention it'll start yipping at the most inopportune times. "
― Connie Brockway , The Bridal Season (Bridal Stories, #1)
6 " What is certain is that he [the baby] has too much attention from the one person who is entirely at his disposal. The intimacy between mother and child is not sustaining and healthy. The child learns to exploit his mother's accessibility, badgering her with questions and demands which are not of any real consequence to him, embarrassing her in public, blackmailing her into buying sweets and carrying him. "
― Germaine Greer , The Female Eunuch
7 " In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character. "
― Elizabeth Goudge , The Little White Horse
8 " God is constantly talking to us but we can't hear him because we pay too much attention to the noise from the world. Genesis 12:22. "
― Felix Wantang , Face to Face Meetings with Jesus Christ 2 (Read Chapter One)): Astounding Biblical Mysteries revealed in his own words like never before in human history.
9 " The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be. "
― Theodore Roosevelt
10 " I'm a very basic dresser. I'm not interested in calling too much attention to myself. I like to look cool without being too noticeable. "
11 " I've had so much positive reaction and emotional fulfillment from the creation of my art and sharing it with everyday people that I never paid too much attention to the opinion of critics. "
