Quotes About Focus

Objectivity? I always have an objective.

My mother wanted me to take a break and just focus on school for a bit. "Just be an eighth grader," she said. "Try being a cheerleader." Be a cheerleader, they said. It will be fun, they said.

To be concentrated means to live fully in the present, in the here and now, and not to think of the next thing to be done, while I am doing something right now.

First of all, the practice of an art requires discipline. I shall never be good at anything if I do not do it in a disciplined way; anything I do only if I am in the mood may be a nice or amusing hobby, but I shall never become a master in that art.

Ma, oltre a conoscere teoria e pratica, c'è un terzo fattore necessario per diventare maestro in qualunque arte: non deve esserci niente al mondo di più importante.

O passo mais importante no aprendizado da concentração é aprender a ficar só consigo mesmo, sem ler, sem ouvir rádio, sem fumar, sem beber. Na verdade, ser capaz de concentrar-se significa ser capaz de ficar só consigo mesmo

Ficar concentrado significa viver plenamente no presente, agora, aqui, e não pensar na coisa seguinte a ser feita enquanto estou fazendo outra coisa neste instante.

almost all our energy is used for the learning of how to achieve these aims, and almost none to

Antes de tudo, a prática de uma arte exige disciplina. Nunca serei bom em coisa alguma, se não a fizer de modo disciplinado; tudo que eu só puder fazer quando "estiver disposto" pode ser uma diversão bonita ou aprazível, mas nunca me tornarei mestre nessa arte.

Si uno está concentrado, poco importa qué está haciendo; las cosas importantes, tanto como las insignificantes, toman una nueva dimensión de la realidad, porque están llenas de la propia atención.

Estar concentrado significa vivir plenamente en el presente, en el aquí y el ahora, y no pensar en la tarea siguiente mientras estoy realizando otra. Es innecesario decir que la concentración debe ser sobre todo practicada por personas que se aman mutuamente. Deben aprender a estar el uno cerca del otro, sin escapar de las múltiples formas acostumbradas.

Der Mensch soll lernen, nur die Ochsen büffeln

Ona je zabacila glavu i pila. Kosa joj pade na ramena; ona je u tom trenutku izgledala kao da je sva samo pijenje. Ravik je to na njoj primetio ranije. Potpuno se predavala onome što je trenutno ?inila. Neodre?eno ga se ta?e misao da u tome nema samo draži nego i opasnosti. Bila je samo pijenje kad je pila; samo ljubav kad je ljubila; samo o?ajanje kad je o?ajavala; i samo zaborav kad je zaboravljala.

I never gave them courage," he said. "I was able to focus theirs.

THE ADMIRALTY'S focus was elsewhere, on a different ship that it deemed far more valuable.

It is slothful not to compress your thoughts

closer, and to be concentrating on Whitehall.

slothful not to compress your thoughts," he said.

As a reminder to himself and anyone who visited his office in the shanty, Burnham posted a sign over his desk bearing a single word: RUSH.

Laurel watched his lips intently as he spoke. He thought it was pretty amazing that she knew what he was saying just from reading his lips. But it also meant a lot of times her eyes were on his mouth, not meeting his gaze. Which gave him the sneaky ability to watch her more closely than he could anyone else, without her thinking he was staring.

Turn the light on so your aim is better, he said mildly. All you did was waste a full beer.

He's a guy with a one-track mind. When he starts for one objective he can't think of anything else.

A man does his best work when those around him are asleep.

I'm listening. I listen with my ears and look with my eyes. I can't do two things at once and really concentrate on them. Right now, I'm listening to your voice.