Quotes About Focus

The faster you work, the better off you're going to be.

It's important to think big, but you've got to work small.

You have to put yourself in a situation, a lifestyle, that makes you do the work. Even if it's a monastery.

I believe it doesn't really matter where you work as long as you work. Keep sharpening your teeth.

Working out, for me, is sort of a meditation.

When you finish for the day, write a note reminding yourself of what you plan to do next. This helps you to remember today's great idea when you get back to work tomorrow.

What I do is not some magical, mystical thing. I simply get up in the morning, get to work on time, say my lines, and do the best I can

Devotion is like the candle which Michael Angelo used to take in his pasteboard cap, so as not to throw his shadow upon the work in which he was engaged.

The key to getting work done on time is to stop wearing a watch.

I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine.

The mind which can totally and inanely forget its work and obligations is often also the mind which can, at the proper time, give them the fullest attention.

When I am on set or rehearsing for the play, the only thing I can talk about is the work I'm doing. In that way, I home in on what I am doing at the time. So maybe I am a terrible multitasker.

The other death for an actor is comparing yourself to other people: Forget someone else's path. Concentrate on your path. Otherwise, you get lost, and if you don't have joy in the work, forget it.

At the end of the day I separate things; my life is my life and my work is my work.

I think that in itself, if you're a true golfer, you'll see specific things you need to work on. Much cheaper than private lessons.

Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.

Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.

To meditate is to labour; to think is to act. Folded arms work, closed hands perform, a gaze fixed on heaven is a toil.

Newton took no exercise, indulged in no amusements, and worked incessantly, often spending eighteen or nineteen hours out of the twenty-four in writing.

A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it.

To do today's work well and not to bother about tomorrow is the secret of accomplishment

The profile of a wealthy person is this hard work, perseverance, and most of all, self-discipline.

Work very very hard. This business is no joke. Make sure you know what you want or you might be taking someone else's view instead of your own.

Instead of focusing on the work, you focus on the entropy and the chaos and you get a byproduct.