Quotes About Focus

She was not unattractive until she focused her eyes on a human being, when their unblinking coldness gave the effect of the stare of an adder.

But focus always on your shame, and your shame will eat you. It will become you. That is the coward's way. A coward never has to learn.

Stick to a task, 'til it sticks to you. Beginners are many, finishers are few." -Anonymous, as quoted in Small and Simple Things.

When we try to make things go faster, we usually slow things down. When we try to make things easier, we usually make them harder. Don't try to manufacture your own miracles. Don't try to answer your own prayers. Don't try to do God's job for Him. Stay humble. Stay patient. Stay focused.

Psychologists call this phenomenon the contrast effect. Simply put, how you see anything depends on your reference point. One way or the other, your focus will determine your reality.

Most of us don't get what we want because we don't know what we want. Here's our secondary problem: Most of us don't get what we want because we quit circling.

We are living in a time where the hearing from God is bombarded by many frequencies and voices. This noise, corrosive in nature, makes it difficult to hear God's voice...living with more noise means we live less like a disciple. We need a prism. Eric Samuel Timm is a prism.

Life is full of goals to be identified and kept in sight. When we lose sight of the goal, we simply drift. Sometimes drift can mean disaster.

But what if, instead of spending all of our energy making plans for God, we spent that energy seeking God?

If we don't control our calendar, our calendar will end up controlling us.

Without it, I'm coasting. With it, I'm gaining momentum

If you're looking for an excuse, you'll always find one. If you're looking for an opportunity, you'll always find one.

Goals have a way of refocusing your life. They give you purpose and a target to shoot for. They are the compass of our dreams, helping us set a steady course. Goals comprise direction and progress. When we lose sight of our goals, we tend to lose sight of ourselves and who we are trying to become, who God has made us to be.

Orar con fervor + pensar a largo plazo = mantenerse enfocado.

Qué sucedería si enfocaras tus oraciones en una cosa por una persona durante un mes o un año? Solo hay una manera de averiguarlo: haz tu propio experimento de oración.

From the secular to the sacred, we can focus on ourselves or others.

Almost anyone can accomplish almost anything if they work at it long enough, hard enough, and smart enough.

A book? All this for a book?

I needed to be in the bush. There I find solitude and beauty and purity and focus. That's where my heart lies.

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth." Colossians 3:2

There are those who travel and those who are going somewhere. They are different and yet they are the same. The success has this over his rivals: He knows where he is going.

Don't start a company unless it's an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it's not an obsession.

What I've learned in these 11 years is you just got to stay focused and believe in yourself and trust your own ability and judgment.

However, market analysis is not the path to consistent results. It will not solve the trading problems created by lack of confidence, lack of discipline, or improper focus.