Quotes About Focus

I'm often called obsessive. I don't think I am ... but I agree that when I decide to go in one direction I really go in that direction.

But spending your life concentrating on death is like watching a whole movie and thinking only about the credits that are going to roll at the end. It's a mistake of emphasis.

That was the problem with reading: you always had to pick up again at the very thing that had made you stop reading the day before.

Only a few, determined individuals possess the resolve and focus to become the best at anything; and I wanted to be one of them.

I'm very lucky. I am one of those people who is able to go home, shut the front door and completely focus on the kids.

You plan, you prepare, and you'll do just fine.

To high-drive labs and boarder collies, fetch is often more than just a game; it's their job, a dead serious business.

For me, an image becomes meaningless inasmuch as it's always temporary. See, I've gone off on that tangent again, because you asked me about the image and all that. I just couldn't relate to all that side of things because, all that time, I was focused on trying to make the music sound half-way decent.

I fish better with a lit cigar; some people fish better with talent.

You musn't neglect your education in favor of your studies.

Dominant teams rarely are outplayed or outclassed, but they sometimes beat themselves. Just because you are dominant does not mean you are infallible. Remember that dominance does not mean perfection; a lack of focus for even a short period of time can cost you. Do not relax when you are far ahead or dominating your marketplace. That is the time to push even harder.

Psychologist Dr. Terry Orlick has been studying excellence in sports, business, and life for decades. He is world renowned for his motivational and mental approach to peak performance. Orlick has determined that there are seven components of excellence: commitment, focus, confidence/trust/belief, positive imagination, mental readiness, controlling distractions, and constant learning.

In your business and personal life, think of those who are dominant. What do they all have in common? Do you have it in you to be like them?

I think most artists will experience a lot of negative people on Twitter but, thank God, I've got so many followers that I'm not able to see them that much. I'll see some from time to time but, for the most part, I always focus on something good.

She thrust her hands in her pockets and turned her snakestone over and over. She found it helped her think.

Be present, stay alert: the first rule of self-defense. But then I wouldn't be able to shut out the noise and stink and tension around me.

If you adjust your conscious filters to the appropriate setting, you can relax and let your subconscious take care of things. It's something I used to be good at.

Your body and your mind need to be clear, uncluttered, for what lies ahead.

She met his gaze, agate to jet. She would not flinch, not even if the water turned into a river of fire. She stepped forward, bent her head, and set her will.

She looked at me with the same concentration she had directed at the painting. I felt her gaze on the bones, the cant of my eyebrows; weighing the line of jaw and length of neck; noting colour and shadow.

The world sharpened suddenly, as brilliant and bright as when she got rain in her eye.

Send me strength, she called-to whom?-and kicked Bony to a gallop, and hurled her javelin hard and true.

Guns can be a distraction, a dangerous focus of one's authority, a crutch. Many come to depend on them: take away the gun and you take away their identity.

Cei called more taunts, but she was smelling the wind and no longer listening.