Quotes About Focus

Nothing is more creative … nor destructive … than a brilliant mind with a purpose. By

A focused thought could affect literally anything

La calma interior es decisiva para una actuación convincente.

well-directed though is a learned skill

It's very hard — weirdly hard — to clear your mind of all that crap so that you can just sit down and write and find that place where you're just involved and enjoying the imaginary place you've discovered. All the other "problems" with writing are just puzzles, and they can be interesting to try to crack, even when it's frustrating.

Goal setting is the strongest force for human motivation. Set a goal and make it come true.

Sometimes we spend so much time and energy thinking about where we want to go that we don't notice where we happen to be.

I wish my mind was a dog and I could train it to go sit.

Your business is not to 'get somewhere' — it is to be here.

Just handle what is in front of you now and the future will take care of itself. Otherwise, you'll spend most of your life wondering which foot you'll use to step off the curb when you're still only halfway to the corner.

Old urges continue to arise, but urges do not matter; only actions do. A warrior is as a warrior does.

Here and now...breathe and relax...in battle and in life

focus all your energy not on struggling with the old, but on building the new.

Just handle what's in front of you now. and the future will take care of itself. Otherwise, you'll spend most of your life wondering which foot you'll use to step off the curb when you're still only halfway to the corner.

When you sit, sit; when you stand, stand; whatever you do, don't wobble.' Once you make your choice, do it with all your spirit. Don't be like the preacher who thought about praying while making love to his wife, and thought about making love to his wife while praying.

You don't have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.

Never fear the weapon, only the man wielding it. Focus on your opponent while he focuses on his knife or saber or pistol. He invests his power in the weapon but forgets the rest of his body.

I closed my eyes to meditate, but realized that I was always meditating now, with my eyes wide open.

Energy follows thought; no matter how hard we work or how much we know, we tend to rise to our assumed limits, and no higher.

Now," she said. "Look at the tree again and create this expectation: 'I can hit the tree with ease.'" So I said it again---"I can hit the tree with ease." I felt a line of energy stretching from me to the tree and I knew the stone would follow that line to it's target....I took a breath and threw the stone. I saw it fly, attracted to the tree like a magnet. The stone hit the tree dead center.

No task is too formidable when you divide your goals into small, realistic steps and prepare well.

Then act—because success always boils down to this: Know your adversaries; then apply your will.

You focused on the goal, not on the obstacle. This is how we face our lives.

This is where the Iliad begins, and it should be the focus of all my energies and professional skills, but the truth is that I don't really give a shit.