Quotes About Focus

Don't pole-vault over mouse turds.

Banish, therefore, from thy heart the distractions of earth and turn thine eyes to spiritual joys, that thou mayest learn at last to repose in the light of the contemplation of God.

Your walk with God does not depend on people, places, things or events.

We do not drift into spiritual life or disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer unless we plan to pray.

it is the very nature of sin to prevent man from meditating on spiritual things.

Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.

When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives.

To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.

Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.

When you are not pursuing your goal, you are literally committing spiritual suicide.

I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been.

Let not the spirit wander while the words of prayer run on out of our mouth.

True spiritual life depends not on probing our feelings and thoughts from dawn to dusk but on 'looking off' to the Savior!

When you let go of your attention for a little while, do not think you may recover it whenever you please.

Whenever faced with a challenge, I dig deep within myself and summon my spiritual and physical forces. This gives me the focus, determination, perseverance, and support I need to succeed.

Most of us waste our energy through chattering - endlessly chattering, gossiping, criticising, backbiting.

If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it. Keeping to the main road is easy, But people love to be sidetracked.

Half the spiritual life consists of remembering what we are up against and where we are going.

Meditation is one of the ways in which the spiritual man keeps himself awake.

Human affairs are like a chess game. Only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players.

Never forget which way you face

Nothing ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now, and if the past cant prevent you from being present now, what power does it have?

Golf is a spiritual game. It's like Zen. You have to let your mind take over.