Quotes About Focus

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. (COLOSSIANS 3:1 – 2)

Whether we are at the beginning of our journey, in the middle, or in the danger zone of having just reached our weight-loss goals, focusing only on what we're giving up will make us feel constantly deprived. And deprivation leads to desperation, frustration, and failure. Instead, we have to focus on everything we're gaining through this process. And see the gains as more valuable than the losses.

What the mind focuses on, it feasts on. And if you want to know what a person's focus and feast is, all you have to do is listen to the words that come out of her mouth.

those with minds fully braced, upheld, and supported by truth and trust in God will be kept in perfect peace. The mind feasts on what it focuses on. What consumes my thinking will be the making or the breaking of my identity. Will

The mind feasts on what it focuses on.

When having a goal takes your focus off God and His daily intentions for you, it can cause trouble. Proverbs

I determined to make God, rather than food, my focus. Each time I craved something I knew wasn't part of my plan, I used that craving as a prompt to pray. I craved a lot. So, I found myself praying a lot.

Move forward. And determine not to make it all so complicated.

We consume what we think about. And what we think about can consume us if we're not careful.

it is clear the opposite of trusting God is leaning on our own understanding—trying to figure out things all on our own. And the evidence of whether or not I'm trusting Him is shown by where I place my focus. After all, we steer where we stare.

I'm just determined - determined not to go places I don't want to go simply because I didn't take the time to honestly evaluate. 70

Instead of letting the feelings from this situation label me, I'm going to focus on God and His promises for good things.

I shift my focus from trying to fix the other person and the situation to allowing God to reveal some tender truths to me.

The Best Yes is what we're after. Best Yes answers are much more likely to happen when we are in the habit of seeking wisdom. We have to put our hearts and our minds in places where wisdom gathers, not scatters.

As you breathe, say to yourself: Breathing in, I am aware of breathing in. Breathing out, I am aware of breathing out.

The fascination of trifles obscures the good," says the Wise Man. It is difficult in the midst of much doing and seeing to keep alive and present to the deepest reality, to the really real. And so the monk goes apart…

Anxiety can alert us to the fact that we are no longer in the present moment. Anxiety robs us of our present moment experience and we experience it only as we focus on past events that caused us worry, and future events.

Fear diminishes when learning is the focus.

We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity. The appeal of literature is that it is so thoroughly a human thing — by, for and about human beings. If you lose that focus, you obviate the source of the power and permanence of literature.

So for James, too, will derives not from the freedom to initiate thoughts, but to focus on and select some while stifling, blocking-or vetoing-others. For Buddhist mindfulness practice, it is the moment of restraint that allows mindful awareness to take hold and deepen. The essence of directed mental force is first to stop the grinding machine-like automaticity of the urge to act. Only then can the wisdom of the prefrontal cortex be actively engaged.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Good, don't think. Thinking is highly overrated.

you will greatly increase your chances of success if you stop long enough to get clear on your motivation, understand why you've been doing what you're doing now,

if you really want it, you'll keep at it. Despite setbacks, interruptions, and sidetracks. No matter how long you get off course, you'll eventually return—if you really want what you say you do.