Quotes About Focus

Robert had taught him to keep his thoughts in the present or near future, for as Robert had told him, To dwell in the past is to live in regret.

Hannah had a future if she could just settle down.

We treat desire as a problem to be solved, address what desire is for and focus on that something and how to acquire it rather than on the nature and the sensation of desire, though often it is the desire between us and the object of desire that fills the space in between with the blue of longing.

Think of how much more time and energy we would have to focus on other things that matter if we weren't so busy surviving.

PomyÅ›lcie, jak wiele czasu i energii mogÅ'ybyÅ›my poÅ›wiÄ™ci? najró?niejszym wa?nym sprawom, gdybyÅ›my tylko nie byÅ'y a? tak zajÄ™te samym przetrwaniem.

often mild distraction that moves the imagination forward, not uninterrupted concentration.

It's important that we clearly defined what we need from our home so we don't get distracted by what someone else might want if it were their home. (Happy Starts at Home: Getting the Life You Want by Changing the Space You've Got, Rebecca West)

The world is designed to take the wind out of a woman's sails. To fill her with fear about all the ways she is inadequate. We each need the focus and determination of warrior women to fight the tide of self-hatred that comes from living in a culture that devalues us.

Unser Leben ist wie ein Bogen eingespannt zwischen Geburt und Tod. Wer sich seines Endes dabei bewusst ist, kann intensiver leben, seine Ideen wie Pfeile genauer und weiter schießen. Diese Art Zielsicherheit gehört zur Kunst des Lebens. Sie besteht nicht nur darin, all seine Fähigkeiten optimal zu nutzen, sie gilt vielmehr selbst Ziel zu sein.

Mark's focus is kept squarely on Jesus's ministry; he is uninterested either in Jesus's birth or, perhaps surprisingly, in Jesus's resurrection, as he writes nothing at all about either event.

Living in expectation dis empowers and living in intentions empowers.

But a man focused on the near horizon of cost can lose sight of the far horizon of potential windfall. -p139

Once the command is learned, stop giving him the praise. The dog must learn to do the command for the sake of the work. Watch a good worker bring in the duck, you will see that the doing is the reward. Save the praise for in front of the fireplace, when the work is over.

nobody means to get carried away in mediocrity, but it happens, it happens unless you think about everything you do, unless you make every choice the best one you know how to make.

Åžu an olduÄŸunuz kiÅŸi olabilmek için hayat?n?z? adad?n?z. Buna deÄŸdi mi?

EÄŸer ne yapt???n? iyi biliyorsan her zaman baÅŸar?rs?n. BaÅŸarmak için ne yapt???n? bilmek gerek

Perspective - Use It or Lose It.

They got that way, Garraty had noticed. Complete withdrawal from everything and everyone around them. Everything but the road. They stared at the road with a kind of horrid fascination, as if it were a tightrope thay had to walk over an endless, bottomless chasm.

They got that way, Garraty had noticed. Complete withdrawal from everything and everyone around them. Everything but the road. They stared at the road with a kind of horrid fascination, as if it were a tightrope they had to walk over an endless, bottomless chasm

He was so fascinated by the long single strand of black hair that he did not overflow his mind with fantasies about it, turning it into a hundred varieties of his imagination.    He just sat there staring at it.    Japanese hair.

From now on, every time you are about to say "I can't," think about what you really mean. Often it's a "polite" way of saying that something is simply not important enough to you right now, given your priorities.

I can do just about anything if I choose to make it a high enough priority and devote enough time, money, and energy to it.

When you have what you want (inner peace), you are less distracted by your wants, needs, desires, and concerns. It's thus easier to concentrate, focus, achieve your goals, and to give back to others.

To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment. Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happen tomorrow, the present moment is where you are—always!