Quotes About Focus

As Yogi Berra said, "If you don't know where you're going, you will wind up somewhere else.

Change starts with seeing the pattern, with focusing on the game rather than the ball.

you got to figure out which end of the needle you're gon be, the one that's fastened to the thread or the end that pierces the cloth.

The whole problem with people is they don't know what matters and what doesn't.

How do we accomplish this matter of gathering life together in God? We must begin primarily by refocusing our attention keeping our minds and hearts directed toward God. The essence of the centered life is attention to God in all we think, say and do. It is the growing realization of His presence in our most down-to-earth living.

The whole problem with people is they know what matters but they don't choose it. ~Secret Lives of Bees

Have you ever noticed the more you try not to think, the more elaborate your thinking episodes get?

She used to say, you got to figure out which end of the needle you're gon be, the one that's fastened to the thread or the end that pierces the cloth.

To constantly relive the past is to miss out on the present.

That was the way mauma had lived her whole life. She used to say, you got to figure out which end of the needle you're gon be, the one that's fastened to the thread or the end that pierces the cloth.

Have you noticed the more you try not to think, the more elaborate your thinking episodes get? While

The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters.' I

I was gonna say, The problem is they know what matters, but they don't choose it. You know how hard that is, Lily? I love May, but it was still so hard to choose Caribbean Pink. The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters.

Which end of the needle are you going to be- the side held by string or the point that pierces the cloth?

I must give myself to something.

you got to figure out which end of the needle you're gon be, the one that's fastened to the thread or the end that pierces the cloth. I

Not frail or insubstantial, but distilled, concentrated.

We become what we pay attention to

I will think only of him. I will give him more than my presence; I will give him the full attention of my heart.

If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.

When your army has crossed the border, you should burn your boats and bridges, in order to make it clear to everybody that you have no hankering after home.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.

In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.

Without constant practice, the officers will be nervous and undecided when mustering for battle; without constant practice, the general will be wavering and irresolute when the crisis is at hand.]