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Quotes About Focus

Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.
~ William Osler
To do today's work well and not to bother about tomorrow is the secret of accomplishment
~ William Osler
The incessant concentration of thought upon one subject, however interesting, tethers a man's mind in a narrow field.
~ William Osler
Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are focused on issues of trust. Accountability also comes up, to make sure that this doesn't happen again.
~ William P. Leahy
Henri Bergson thought the principal function of the brain was to filter out most of reality so that we could focus on the tasks of earthly life," he said. "When the filter is weakened by a powerful drug, what we see is not delusion but the truth.
~ William Peter Blatty
Musashi and Takuan both believed that the great mistake was being slowed or rendered immobile by what one sees, hears, feels, or thinks.
~ William Scott Wilson
Musashi and Takuan both believed that the great mistake was being slowed or rendered immobile by what one sees, hears, feels, or thinks. For them, even an instant's preoccupation could be fatal. Both body and mind must be free to flow and to respond to whatever the situation demands.
~ William Scott Wilson
When the Mind is correct, the brush will be also.
~ William Scott Wilson
Your real intent should be not to die with weapons uselessly worn at your side.
~ William Scott Wilson
He is divinely bent on meditation.
~ William Shakespeare
I will tell you my drift.
~ William Shakespeare
Norwegian theologian O. Hallesby is "to loosen to some degree the ties which bind us to the world or material surroundings as a whole in order that we may concentrate all our spiritual powers upon the unseen and eternal things."The
~ William Thrasher
organize and complete Mr.
~ William W. Johnstone
mastery comes to you over time when you're focused. Don't get ahead of yourself.
~ William Westney
No subsection of a piece is too humble to merit our curiosity and serious attention. It may be literally one note (Did I feel relaxed and confident landing on it?) or two notes (Have I truly experienced the space between them%). We build mastery by integrating all these small units.
~ William Westney
Sometimes looking so hard can make one blind.
~ William Wharton
The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.
~ William Wilberforce
In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.
~ Willie Mays
I don't rate them, I just hit them.
~ Willie Mays
Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.
~ Willie Nelson
Success in any endeavor requires single-minded attention to detail and total concentration.
~ Willie Sutton
In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept destructive criticism. Without 100% dedication, you won't be able to do this.
~ Wilson Mizner
Ultimately, you will learn to consult your greater resources so easily and quickly that you will be able to do so as quickly as an eye blink in the middle of a conversation, with no one else noticing.
~ Win Wenger
If you take short breaths, you will tend to have short bursts of attention and to speak in short sentences. Deep, full breaths will enable you to speak in longer, more complex sentences and to form deeper thoughts. Underwater swimming is the best remedy for over-short breath.
~ Win Wenger