Quotes About Focus

Think hard before you begin, then enter the work.

It is only in fiction that the protagonist moves in a single minded, one point focus, screening out everything that isn't related to the plot. Real people have to deal with the Myrtles of this world, who have sciatica and cold sores and want to tell you about them

It was too easy to lose focus, to scatter my energies, to fragment—perhaps (and this was the hard part) because I lacked the sense of purpose that would bind all the loose pieces of myself together.

Sometimes, staying alive solely depends on keeping your head in place and your senses alert

life is not a race, but a shot on target: what counts is not the saving of time, but the ability to find a centre

Memang aneh, namun kau perlu mengalihkan pikiran justru bila kau ingin tiba di pusat segalanya, hati segala hal

quiddling' (attending to the trivial tasks in life as a way of avoiding the important ones).

S? v?ng m?t c?a cô bé hoá ra càng khi?n s? hi?n di?n c?a cô càng l?n h?n trong Ernest, nh? m?t cái h? mà ng??i ta ph?i ?i vòng ?? không b? ngã, song ng??i ta ngh? t?i cái h? ?ó nhi?u t?i m?c ng??i ta v?n b? ngã xu?ng ?ó

loop, okay?" She met

You know, every time someone says that they'll try, I think of that scene in The Empire Strikes Back with Luke Skywalker and Yoda. You know, the one where Yoda says, 'Try not. Do or do not.

You have a... remarkable memory." "I remember everything about you. You're the one who wasn't paying attention.

Do you find this...distracting?

When you're in the arena... you just remember who the enemy is.

Eyes on the forest, not on the trees.

Why...do you find this...distracting?

I remember everything about you, you're the one who wasn't paying attention.

Making knots. Making knots. No word. Making knots. Tick-tock. This is a clock. Do not think of Gale. Do not think of Peeta. Making knots.

Everything is about them, not the dying boys and girls in the arena.

I find myself focusing up at the sky — the only roof left — because too many memories are drowning me.

There was nothing to do but keep moving forward and make the moments count.

There are still moments when you can tell something slips into her brain and another world blinds her to us. But a few words from Finnick call her back

Esos ojos verdes se fijan en un punto con tal intensidad que tratas de encontrar lo que ella ve.. perfección, es suficiente para mí.

You just remember who the enemy is," Haymitch says. "That's all.

Distraction seems to be the last thing Finnick needs,