Quotes About Focus

You had to be fundamentally stupid , I sometimes thought, to become the sort of academic specialist that hiring committees liked. You had to be thick somehow. You had to block out all the other things in the world to focus on one narrow, particular thing.

It's so hard to see when my eyes are on me.

I don't need to do more smart things. I just need to do fewer dumb things. I need to avoid making emotional decisions and swinging at bad pitches. I need to think!

The way you organise teaching reflects what you consider important, and what you want to draw attention

In trying to commit my life to finding and participating in some of the purposes of Christ, as I can determine them, my energies and abilities are gradually being focused and are working together.

The traditional scenario to facilitate change is typically a stressed-out manager who lays the same stress on his salespeople that his boss dumped on him. "Work harder; get focused; our jobs can be on the line; just bring in some more business." This hollow approach seldom drives change.

Concentration is uniting the mind with one place, object, or idea for spiritual awakening.

If I want my students to work toward becoming real-world writers, I need to shift the focus of my writing instruction toward real-world writing purposes.

it's all about where your minds at

The moments of the class must belong to the student—not the students, but to the very undivided student. You don't teach a class. You teach a student.

Existence is sometimes what a forward artillery observer sees of enemy lines through field glasses. A distant and troubling view brought suddenly into focus with a wealth of obscene detail. It

You're either living on purpose or living accidentally, so live ON purpose WITH purpose!

I think science has enjoyed an extraordinary success because it has such a limited and narrow realm in which to focus its efforts. Namely, the physical universe.

When you see people who are really good at game shows, the one common attribute is a cool head under pressure: an ability to perform as well in the studio, surrounded by lights and noise, as you do on your couch.

If you're interested, you'll be there.

African proverb, "Life is like eating an elephant; you need to do it one mouthful at a time.

Grand Prix racer Jochen Rindt said simply that when he's racing, "You ignore everything and just concentrate. You forget about the rest of the world and become part of the car and track. It's a very special feeling. You're completely out of this world and completely into it. There's nothing like it.

When my son, James, was doing homework for school, he would have five or six windows open on his computer, Instant Messenger was flashing continuously, his cell phone was constantly ringing, and he was downloading music and watching the TV over his shoulder. I don't know if he was doing any homework, but he was running an empire as far as I could see, so I didn't really care.

As you worry less about going through conflict and focus more on growing through conflict, you will enhance that process and experience the incomparable blessing of being conformed to the likeness of Christ.

Looking at affordable health care, I think it is important that we look not only at prescription drugs, but also make sure that there is a major focus on health care.

I could not focus on any one subject for long because my mind was cotton candy, wisps and swirls and strands, without substance.

Discipline, not the Muse, results in productivity. If you write only when she beckons, your writing is not yours at all.

A way of seeing is also a way of not seeing--a focus upon object A involves a neglect of object B.

If I thought I was only doing one thing—running—I would be naïve. Even in my leisure, when strapped to a web-enabled device, I'm furiously multitasking and, in a very positive way, highly distracted.