Quotes About Focus

nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose

You get no writing done at all if you sit at a table with a view. You'd spent the whole time watching the birds or thinking about what you would like to be doing out of doors, instead of flogging yourself to work out of sheer boredom.

When left alone with her, I ignored her and kept my eyes on my book, though I confess I turned over more pages than I read.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

Life is too short for a long story.

Plan your work, work your plan.

She knew better: when artistry seems most elusive is when you must focus, dig deep, and force yourself to think about how to give form to an idea that seems too vague to express.

The psychologist Howard Gardner used the MIT scholar Seymour Papert's famous description of the child's "grasshopper mind"6 to describe the spasmodic way our digital young now typically "hop from point to point, distracted from the original task.

Reading is an act of contemplation . . . an act of resistance in a landscape of distraction . . . it returns us to a reckoning with time.2 —David Ulin

A well-organized stocking drawer is the first step toward a well-organized mind.

You're not where you were, and you're not where you're going. You're here, so pay attention!

When things are looking up, there's no point in looking elsewhere" -Agatha Swanburne

Agatha Swanburne - "Do your best before lunch and do your best after lunch. During lunch, have a sandwich.

All instruction is but as a finger pointing to the moon; and he whose gaze is fixed upon the pointer will never see beyond.

To give your positive or negative attention to something is a way of giving energy. The most damaging form of behavior is withholding your attention.

One of the first lessons from Stoicism, then, is to focus our attention and efforts where we have the most power and then let the universe run as it will. This will save us both a lot of energy and a lot of worry. Another

Shift your goals from the external to the internal: repeat to yourself that your objective is not to hit the target, but to deliver the best shot of which you are capable

It is also about keeping in mind what is and what is not under our control, focusing our efforts on the former and not wasting them on the latter. It is about practicing virtue and excellence and navigating the world to the best of our abilities, while being mindful of the moral dimension of all our actions.

One of the first lessons from Stoicism, then, is to focus our attention and efforts where we have the most power and then let the universe run as it will. This will save us both a lot of energy and a lot of worry.

This activation of our living root involves focusing on what is most important and what is within our control, such as our abilities, desires, plans, and daily routines. Through these teachings, we can learn the Daoist way to be comfortable with uncertainty and build a bridge between ancient Daoist wisdom and contemporary challenges.

A word is like a finger pointing at different things. Do not look at the finger; focus on the essence of the word. Focus on what the finger is pointing at!

Steam in an open space would just simply scatter in different directions. Steam contained in an engine can move a whole train. Success comes from One-pointedness and Constancy of Aim and Effort.

Be totally in the Present moment Hovsep Kazezian - www.Hkazezian.com

Racers never lose their skill, they just lose the will to use it, and until they reach that point they keep getting faster.