Quotes About Focus

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly.

The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

I want to make my mark,' he says. But what target, I wonder, are you going to hit?

Anche se non abbiamo modo di decidere dove la strada della vita deve portarci, possiamo stabilire dove poggiare i piedi e cosa guardare lungo il percorso.

The way he hadn't even glanced at them, as if he were focused on something far-off on the horizon or deep, deep in the past.

The surest, and the quickest, way for us to arouse the sense of wonder is to stare, unafraid, at a single object. Suddenly—miraculously—it will look like something we have never seen before.

Meditation, or samadhi, is connected with the idea of overcoming the constant search for entertainment.

Discipline may seem complicated, but it is actually very simple—it is what binds your life together. Without discipline, life is made up of successive indulgences and confusions based on aggression, passion, and ignorance.

I was taught that only about 25 percent of your concentration should be put on the breath when you're meditating. This is just a rough estimate, so please don't fixate on the percentage. The point is that in this approach, working with breath is just touching the highlights of the breathing. You don't remain completely one with it all the time.

2. Not overcoming laziness and so forth

The easiest way to never get anything done is to never commit to anything.

You do not win a race by trying not to loose

It seems backward, but keeping your mind focused on the present will get you further toward your goals than keeping your mind focused on the goal itself.

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

I was not good in school. I could never read very fast or very well. I got tested for learning disabilities, for dyslexia. Then I got put on Ritalin and Dexedrine. I took those starting in the eighth grade. As soon as they pumped that drug into me, it would focus me right in.

we better be living the life we want to live and not wasting our numbered days on what doesn't matter.

Most great men and women are not perfectly rounded in their personalities, but are instead people whose one driving enthusiasm is so great it makes their faults seem insignificant.

Creativity is the essence of fencing.

we all tend to see what we are looking for.

It is the design of Scripture that God should be at the center of our thoughts and dreams.

He who defends everything," Frederick the Great used to admonish his generals, "defends nothing.