Quotes About Focus

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the darn ship in. - Lou Holtz

To spend your time thinking about what you can do to keep from disappointing him, or what might happen if you were to displease her, or how it might look if you did this, or how you might be rejected if you didn't do that, rather than simply thinking about how you can please God, is not only worry, but stupidity.

People who are sinful tend to be lazy because they focus not on their responsibilities but on their fears. That which they fear distracts and even incapacitates them from faithful obedience.

every man needs an obsessio in order to enjoy life, and it was so much the better if that obsession was constructive.

every man needs an obsession in order to enjoy life, and it was so much the better if that obsession was constructive.

When at the typewriter I am no longer where I site but am away across the mountains, in ancient cities or on the Great Plains among the buffalo. Often I think of what pitiful fools are those who use mind-altering drugs to seek feelings they do not have, each drug taking a little more from what they have of mind, leaving them a little less. Give the brain encouragement from study, from thinking, from visualizing, and no drugs are needed.

sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." Each day must be approached as a unit; each day must be lived with care; and if this was done, the procession of days would turn out all right.

Give the brain encouragement from study, from thinking, from visualizing and no drugs are needed.

Remember that, son. The dogs bark, but the wagons go on their way, and if you're going someplace you haven't time to bother with barking dogs.

If one really wants to learn, one has to decide what is important. Spending an evening on the town? Attending a ball game? Or learning something that can be with you your life long?

The point is," Frank said, "that we're here. No use talking about what should have been.

any man who could concentrate for as much as three minutes on any given problem could rule the world.

He wastes no time yet is never hurried.

Seems to me folks waste a sight of time crossing bridges before they get to them. They clutter their minds with odds and ends that interfere with clear thinking.

You'll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it. After all, you only have one life, so you should try to make the most of it.

Every few weeks she would shut herself up in her room, put on her scribbling suit, and fall into a vortex, as she expressed it, writing away at her novel with all her heart and soul, for till that was finished she could find no peace.

When the writing fit came on, she gave herself up to it with entire abandon, and led a blissful life, unconscious of want, care, or bad weather, while she sat safe and happy in an imaginary world, full of friends almost as real and dear to her as any in the flesh.

It's very singular how hard it is to manage your mind,' said Demi, clasping his hands round his knees, and looking up at the sky as if for information upon his favorite topic.

the trouble of overseeing a fidgety child when she wanted

As we begin a work, remembering we needn't know how it'll turn out or whether it'll be successful might be comforting. And we can cultivate our ability to work despite confusion

Maybe this was what being in a pandemic brought forth. When everything big is out of control, you start taking charge of small things.

Like Rockefeller, he advocated self-discipline and deferred gratification.

Once Washington had set his sights on independence, his vision was unblinking, and his consistency proved one of his most compelling qualities.