Quotes About Focus

Time's never lost, just spent on other matters.

You're thinking too much. Try being in the moment. It'll amaze you.

You put something behind you, Nome, it's got its eyes on your back. I'd rather keep it in front of me, so I can see where it's going.

sayings—he'd begin as he meant to go on.

up to twist her belly into knots. When it did, she'd just have to find a way to uncoil them until there was time, until there was a place. She had a whole checklist of priorities ahead of that one. On

considerable effort and a great deal of

Snickers, if that's all right, then I have to get her

mood. "I could probably be

Make your days count. Don't invest all your efforts in the future. You miss too much of the now.

She'd need to

Hugh thought the women were as graceful as ballerinas, as strong as lumberjacks, as focused as scientists.

he'd pack up the rest of his clothes, his workout gear. He'd get serious about

You put something behind you, Nome, it's got its eyes on your back. I'd rather keep it in front of me, so I can see where it's going." -Mason Carson (Bowes)

Do you need to get that? Wherever it is. If I do, somebody'll just want to talk to me. I'd rather talk to you. How anyone could work in such confusion and disorder was beyond her.

No point in dragging your feet once you've got your direction.

Time's never lost, just spent on other matters.

He has a need for attention, to have attention focused on him—for better or worse. The worst punishment I can give him is to ignore him, which I've done, fairly successfully

Religion has no major relevance for the teachings of the Noble Eightfold Path. It might even act as a distraction. At its best, it reminds us of the deep things in life, but life ought to do that already. We

It doesn't matter what you can do if you don't know why you're doing it.

Creation is important, please don't misunderstand. However, I suggest that His greatest glory is His redemption of us and the earth and the heavens, because that is the focus of most of the rest of the Bible. We discover that probably 90% of the Scriptures, including the entire Book of Revelation, is devoted to God's redemption of His creation.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close up.

If you're not drunk and half naked by this point, you're not paying attention.

These distraction-oholics. These focus-ophobics.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up. The shortcut to closing a door is to bury yourself in the details. This is how we must look to God. As if everything's just fine.