Quotes About Focus

Sufficient for the day is the newspaper thereof.

We can't change the country. Let us change the subject.

The wrong people always worry. The people who are the real problem never worry about anything.

Tomorrow has no more existence than yesterday, but you can always control now. We live in a series of nows. Think about now.

Don't live in tomorrow's problems.

But a line sergeant told me something I never forgot. 'Don't think about it before it happens, and don't think about it when it's over.

Discipline was the key to power. Unflinching discipline was what forged him into a sword master and warrior. Discipline was what enabled him to defy gravity and slow the inrush of sensory input, so that he could move between the moments.

Don't be afraid to fail. Persevere through mistakes and struggles. Stay focused, patient, confident, and smart and you'll have a better chance of making money.

Spend one hour every day thinking about your goal and how to get there.

living life was like putting the beach into a jar. The point wasn't to fit everything in; it was to attend to the most important things first—the big, beautiful rocks—the most valuable people and experiences—and fit the lesser things in around them. Otherwise, the best things might get left out

Even needing to get to Angel, we couldn't forget the basic necessity of eating.

Life can be like walking on a high wire. Falling seems a tiny misstep away.

Because today after all, is all we knew.

we've got all these

But after a while, you know, I find it better to face in one direction, in front of you, just let the past lay and get on with it

The point wasn't to fit everything in; it was to attend to the most important things first—the big, beautiful rocks—the most valuable people and experiences—and fit the lesser things in around them. Otherwise

They shouldn't be in here daydreaming and thinking on their own!

James Patterson

That's a gun scope.

Beck with a determined look in my eye.

Excerpt from Alert copyright © James Patterson, 2015

The only thing that matters in this game is the score, something hackers never quite understand, even when they think they do. If you can't make a shot eighty percent of the time and there's a penalty if you don't, you shouldn't try it. Ever. No matter where you are.

going to nail this Hazmat

snapping me back to reality.