Quotes About Focus

Don't let the things that matter least to you rob time from the things that matter most to you.

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There must be one highest priority in your life for which you'll give everything--your possessions, your rank, your hopes, even your life--or you're not a full person.

make the choice to focus forward.

office and demand that

When we focus on what is good and beautiful in someone, whether or not we think that they "deserve" it, the good and beautiful are strengthened merely by the light of our attention.

When we focus on what is good and beautiful in someone, whether or not we think that they "deserve" it, the good and the beautiful are strengthened merely by the light of our attention.

When we focus on what is good and beautiful in someone, whether or not we think that they 'deserve' it, the good and the beautiful are strengthened merely by the light of our attention.

Because I am a small man, my heart is moved by what's in front of my eyes, not by what the world needs. I just can't abandon what's there in front of me. I want to protect everything I can!

They've caught us, but we still have to help the others! We have to stay focused on that!

I've always been ambitious since I was nine years old and that was never going to change.

Greatness is never achieved nor dreams realized apart from great discipline.

One thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 3:13-14).

He said to tell you that when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's a little difficult to remember that your main objective was to drain the swamp.

In closing, I hope everything helps show that I wouldn't be a fade-out or a person who turns to think to drink or dope when things get tough. I believe that anything is possible if you have the combination of love for what you're doing and the will to sit down and not get up until it's done….

Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write about their dreams or something. I just determined to write the books I had to write.

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

Do you know what accounts for most research delays? Interruptions that have nothing to do with the research whatsoever.

To do that you have to know exactly what was done, not what wasn't. You didn't do a lot of things on that last lap

Since you have a small amount of willpower at the start of every day, the more you use it, the weaker you become. One reason why your willpower depletes is a lack of mental strength and lack of self-control. Hence, to enhance your discipline, you need to develop self-control. To do so you need to unlock your intrinsic motivation so you can exert your willpower.

When you complete a certain task, do not quickly jump to the next one. You are likely to feel motivated at that point and feel energetic enough to finish off with the next task in line; however, do you remember the lesson on willpower? It depletes if you exhaust yourself and when you are exhausted, your inclination towards temptations increases. To keep this from happening, when you complete a task,

Spectacular achievement is always preceded by spectacular preparation. —Robert H. Schuller

A goal is a dream with a deadline." That marvelous definition drives home a very important point. Before you start writing down your goals, you'd better know what your dream is. Otherwise, you might find yourself headed for a destination you never wanted to get to in the first place.

Coming up with goals, updating them, and monitoring our progress in achieving them is less important, I believe, than the process of emotionally deciding what it is you want to do.