Quotes About Focus

A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business. This

A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.

You must have a goal in life. We all should have goals. Or we are lost.

You must be able to create in the middle of things, or else you will not create. You must learn to take whatever practical and psychological actions are necessary to combat the anticreating forces that surround you and live within you.

The only time I can get the thoughts to stop is when I get lost in something very creative and puzzle-like—and then I only get lost briefly. This way of life is exhausting

I discovered the secret of writing - live in the present moment. Do not fantasize about possible response because you cannot know the future.

Well, if you ever decide to try, just concentrate. And don't let anyone tell you you can't do it. -Mrs Peachtree

Se mi interesso a quello che pensano i cretini, non avrò più tempo per quello che pensano le persone intelligenti.

People are afraid to concentrate because they are afraid of losing themselves if they are too absorbed in another person, in an idea, in an event. The less strong their self, the greater the fear of losing themselves in the act of concentration on the non-self.

Lack of concentration makes one tired, while concentration wakes one up.

Buddhist concept of mindfulness means precisely a way of being in which one is fully concentrated on everything one is doing at any given moment, whether it is planting a seed or cleaning a room or eating. Or as a Zen master has said: "When I sleep I sleep, when I eat I eat …" 10.

Running gave me a focus to start looking after myself, to eat properly, and focus on building up my strength.

Talent is useful, but always keep your dagger sharp.

She fastened the invisible corset of her composure snugly around herself and prepared to move forward with her plan.

When I go into making a movie, personally, I don't try to bring other pieces of movies with me.

Your career has another five years, maybe, she says, if you're lucky. According to who? I ask. According to every actress who's come before you. So I turn my focus to every actress coming after me. I

The way she could turn in to her camera close-up like life depended on her.

Each morning you set your sights on the tasks ahead and hope that when the day is done you're farther along than when you started.

The radio, I've told over and again, was always another school for my mind. I listened to the radio all my young life, seriously and continuously, changing my focus, I guess, as I changed. The TV must serve the same purpose now for kids.

Concentration attracts luck factor.

It is not fit to spin out history with petty details.

Another way to think about Centering Prayer is training the mind to become free from distractions so it can "rest in God.

I know that I need to be completely immersed in it for the rest of my life. And that's probably enough for me to make it.

It would be difficult to convince me that leaning has no effect whatsoever on the outcome of my bowling.