Maggie Stiefvater Quotes

You'd better watch where you go, and remember where you've been

Wait. Look. Notice. If you keep those three words in mind, you just might survive the next few days.

Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them.

Listen once in a while. It's amazing what you can hear.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It's not about Buddhism, but about paying attention. That's what all meditation is, no matter what tradition or particular technique is used.

I think it's always important to be vigilant of what you're doing and aware of your surroundings.

You need to pay attention to the little things as well as the big things.

I'm always going to keep my eyes open.

Just be mindful of what you're doing.

Fear is a good thing. It mean you're paying attention.

Sometimes during the day, I consciously focus on some ordinary object and allow myself a momentary "paying-attention." This paying-attention gives meaning to my life. I don't know who it was, but someone said that careful attention paid to anything is a window into the universe. Pausing to think this way, even for a brief moment, is very important. It gives quality to my day.

The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention.

The experience taught me to be present in the real Buddhist sense of paying attention to the moment.

Survival lies in sanity, and sanity lies in paying attention...the capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.

Cultivating a generous spirit starts with mindfulness. Mindfulness, simply stated, means paying attention to what is actually happening; it's about what is really going on.

There is ecstasy in paying attention.

For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you.

I try to impress upon my students the importance of looking, listening... paying attention, in other words. You must pay attention.

The one thing I know is that if you're not paying attention, it will come back to bite you.

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

Notice, notice; let noticing take the place of screaming.

You must learn to see, what you are looking at

Nothing is boring exept to people who aren't really paying attention.

A Zen student asked his roshi the most important element of Zen.The roshi replied, "Attention." "Yes, thank you," the student replied. "But can you tell me the second most important element?"And the roshi replied, "Attention."