Quotes About Focus

They say you don't need to develop jhanic states, just enough concentration to be with any object for as long as it exists, so you can see that it arises and passes away.

It is good to sit a little longer than you want to so you see the part of your mind that resists practice

We're not looking at the breath in order to get to enlightenment.

Especially in the modern world, where everybody is so impressed with variety and complexity, so desperate to be entertained, it is a relief to settle into this simple repetitive act.

You sit and are aware of the breathing, but not in a pinpoint way. Your attention is not at the nostrils or chest or abdomen but, in a much more open way, on the whole body, a panoramic view of the sitting breathing body.

They can't believe they're just supposed to sit there and watch the breath.

But seeing that the mind has wandered is practice.

Your time, energy, and money always go to what's important to you.

That's your problem! No list. We are going to fix that now. Make a list of what is important to you. Write down everything that really matters to you.

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.

Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.

Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts.

Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.

When we recognize that we don't have all the time in the world, we see our priorities most clearly.

You can't finish the things you weren't supposed to start.

Watching my grandfather work taught me that not everything was fluid. There were certain things that you hit from different angles, but you never gave up on. You did the work that was needed, wherever that work took you.

There are some things in life that shouldn't be given so much importance, if they don't change what is essential.

To listen with presence means there is nothing else in the world going on but the person in front of you and what they have to say. When you ask, you need to listen to the person's every word and be present, and show you are present, and then and only then can you make the right response to their ask.

You need organization to organize your thoughts to optimize your success, structure to secure your stability and strength to make your best choices, and focus because where focus goes, success grows.

One shot, one kill," Jonah said. "That's the sniper motto.

Seabiscuit took to stomping and bellowing for food day and night. His moans rang off the barn walls and worked on everyone's nerves, but no one gave in. "The whole ranch became centered on the job," Howard said. "Even the pigs quit grunting at him and the chickens kept out of his way.

The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for.

The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.