Quotes About Focus

Most people fail rather than succeed because they give up what they really want for what they want at the moment.

When we read too fast or too slowly, we understand nothing.

We run carelessly over the precipice after having put something in front of us to prevent us seeing it.

Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte.

I have made this longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter.

So imprudent are we that we wander in the times which are not ours, and do not think of the only one which belongs to us; and so idle are we that we dream of those times which are no more, and thoughtlessly overlook that which alone exists.

Alerg?m f?r? încetare spre pr?pastie dup? ce am aÅŸezat ceva în faÅ£a noastr? pentru a ne împiedica s? o vedem.

If we look at our work immediately after completing it, we are still too involved; if too long afterwards, we cannot pick up the thread again. It

So imprudent are we that we wander in the times which are nor ours, and do not think of the only one which belongs to us; and so idle are we that we dream of those times which are no more, and thoughtlessly overlook that which alone exists.

Que chacun examine ses pensées ; il les trouvera toujours occupées au passé et à l'avenir. Nous ne pensons presque point au temps présent ; et si nous y pensons, ce n'est que pour en prendre la lumière pour disposer de l'avenir. Le présent n'est jamais notre fin ; le passé et le présent sont nos moyens ; le seul avenir est notre fin. Ainsi nous ne vivons jamais ; mais nous espérons vivre ( pensées )

The last thing one settles in writing a book is what one should put in first.

Chess is the gymnasium of the mind

It occurred to her that the more you looked at less, the more less became more.

Consistency requires discipline. Force yourself out the door.

Having the will to win is not enough. Everyone has that. What matters is having the will to prepare to win.

That's the true mark of a champion—forgetting the last victory and preparing for the next one. And that one comment should be on every coach's wall: The first job that we have today is putting yesterday aside to be remembered later. (Tony LaRussa, World Series Champion 2011)

The first job that we have today is putting yesterday aside to be remembered later.

Discipline is recognizing what has to be done, doing it as well as you can do it, and doing it that way all the time.

Wanting alone doesn't get anything done.

You have to develop enough common sense to know what you can't do and focus on what you can. Know your limits. If you can't do it, don't, and say so

You can write in multiple genres, but if you want a career in publishing, pick one genre and become very good at it. Then you can write the other stuff.

less than 10% of the writers have a clear idea of where they want to be in five years with their writing career.

Just as it is important to know what you want in your novel, it is key to know what you want from your career.

so few understood that blinding ambition was the necessary ingredient of any intelligence or talent.