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Quotes About Focus

Be sure that you do.
~ Ted Bell
And he wants you to keep that at the front of your mind? He wants you to stay focused on the darkest seasons of your life? How could that possibly do any good?' . . . He wants you to remember who delivered you from that time. That's the point of holding on to memory: delivery, not darkness.
~ Ted Dekker
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
~ Ted Dekker
A warrior without pretension was unencumbered by distraction.
~ Ted Dekker
The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.
~ Ted Dekker
If you don't think too good, don't think too much.
~ Ted Williams
The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely
~ Ted Williams
He told me the single most important thing for a hitter was "to get a good ball to hit.
~ Ted Williams
In dealing with autism, I'm certainly not saying we should lose sight of the need to work on deficits, But the focus on deficits is so intense and so automatic that people lose sight of the strengths.
~ Temple Grandin
Eye contact is still difficult for me in noisy rooms because it interferes with hearing. It's like my brain's wiring lets only one sense function or the other, but sometimes not both at the same time. In noisy rooms, I have to concentrate on hearing. Some
~ Temple Grandin
Attention-shifting slowness. Once a sound has my attention, I have trouble letting go and moving on to the next sound. If a mobile phone rings during one of my talks, it totally disrupts my train of thought; it grabs my attention, and my ability to shift back is slower than most people's.
~ Temple Grandin
we generally focus more on what they can't do, and tend to overlook the positive traits many of these individuals possess.
~ Temple Grandin
What I was actually doing was observing.....I feel like my local focus frees me from the global bias that gets in the way of top-down thinkers
~ Temple Grandin
I realize myself that hate wastes a lot of time and energy and I would rather re-direct any energy that I have to good and positive use.
~ Julian Cope
Where music survives in formal education, it has of necessity shifted its focus over the last generation to mirror everyday culture rather than to reflect upon it. One
~ Julian Johnson
As long as we are in this life, whenever we foolishly turn our attention to those we deem not to be on a spiritual path, our Lord God tenderly touches us and blessedly calls to us, speaking to our souls: Let me be the only object of your attention, my beloved child. Focus on me alone, for I am enough for you. Rejoice in your savior and your salvation.
~ Julian of Norwich
Real life isn't a dream. You have to keep your eyes open. Ears too.
~ Julianne MacLean
It's funny. Sometimes when you're passionate about something and you dedicate yourself to it completely, your actions become a reflex. Your senses become more astute and time slows down before your eyes.
~ Julianne MacLean
Writing is a solitary occupation, and we like it that way.
~ Julianne MacLean
Regret—I am all done with you. All my energy is exactly where it should be—focused on my family and friends and the beauty of each new day. I will always be grateful for the bounty in my life, and as time marches on, I will move forward with courage and exhilaration.
~ Julianne MacLean
Adjust the viewfinder to your eyesight. This step is critical; if you don't set the viewfinder to your eyesight, subjects that appear out of focus in the viewfinder might actually be in focus, and vice versa. If you wear glasses while shooting, adjust the viewfinder with your glasses on — and don't forget to reset the viewfinder focus if you take off your glasses or your prescription changes.
~ Julie Adair King
Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.
~ Julie Andrews
Unfortunately something always has to go by the wayside.
~ Julie Andrews
If you're lucky enough to be able to have therapy -- because I know it's very privileged -- it gets rid of so much garbage and enables you to focus on what's important. When I first went into analysis, my mother was absolutely horrified. She thought I'd be a loony!
~ Julie Andrews