Quotes About Focus

He who hunts two hares leaves one and loses the other.

Your goal should be out of reach but not out of sight.

In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fall immediately, they had better aim at something high.

It's not enough to just swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let it fly.

I am always more interested in what I am about to do than in what I have already done.

Aim at heaven and you get earth thrown in; aim at earth and you get neither.

What our deepest self craves is not mere enjoyment, but some supreme purpose that will enlist all our powers and give unity and direction to our life.

The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life discerns his object and toward that object habitually directs his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

The man who fails because he aims astray, or because he does not aim at all, is to be found everywhere.

The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.

The formula for complete happiness is to be very busy with the unimportant.

We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest, and our attention to something besides ourselves.

Truthfully, I just love the game of football and I'm just so locked in on doing my job that I kind of forget it's the Super Bowl.

Our obsessive focus on college schooling has blinded us to basic truths. College is a place, not a magic formula. It matters what subjects students study, and subsidies should focus on the subjects that matter the most - not to the students, but to everyone else.

You never know the plan. You never know what's going to happen. We are not even promised tomorrow. I just try to focus on one day at a time.

You keep your eyes on the prize, you try to do what's right, and eventually, you'll reach your goal.

I just take it one day at a time, try to forget about what I did the day before. Go out there like every day is Opening Day.

I try to keep in mind that it's a long journey. It's not a race. It's about staying focused, continuing to do good work, make my family and community proud; that's all I really want to do... and pay my bills.

If you behind me, I'm not going to look back and try and figure out what you're doing behind me.

You always put some goal in your mind and you try to reach it. If you don't reach it, that's fine because you at least had something to look forward to.

As soon as I accomplish one goal, I replace it with another one. I try not to get too far ahead of myself. I just say to myself, 'All right, well, I'd like to headline a tour,' and then when I get there, we'll see what my next goal is.

You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.

There are expectations in everyone's lives. It might be small or big, but then you cannot forget to prioritise what is important and try to focus when it is really needed.

Each outing is its own game. You roll on your game plan. It is a different chess match each time you go out there. I just try to be prepared.