Quotes About Focus

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.

The secret to success is to do the common things uncommonly well.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.

The zazen I speak of is not learning meditation.

If I have succeeded better than many who surround me, it has been chiefly - may I say almost solely - from universal assiduity.

One of the unfortunate facts about being interested in nearly everything is that the depth of your knowledge is bound to remain inversely proportional to its range; the more you know en masse, the less you tend to know about a particular, narrow topic.

Focus your entire energy very quietly, very softly, on awakening and realization.

Holding the mind to a subject is like holding a ship to its course; it implies constant change of place combined with unity of direction.

In object lessons in elementary education and in laboratory instruction in higher education, the subject is often so treated that the student fails to "see the forest on account of the trees.

A problem properly stated is half solved.

I am a mathematician, sir. I never permit myself to think.

I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in and invite God and his angels thither, and when they are there, I neglect God and his angels, for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.

We began to circle each other, looking for a tsuki, a gap in concentration, that would permit an attack.

How do I get to Broadway?...I want to get to the center of things.

Here and now...breathe and relax...in battle and in life

To have your attention in the Now is not a denial of what is needed in your life. It is recognition of what is primary.

Whatever you do in your daily life - driving from here to there, trying to reach someone on the phone, doing this or that - you always are going toward somewhere. That's inevitable.

Steve Rom's bravery is unique. Faced with life-threatening circumstances, he focused his determination and spirit to defeat an unbeatable disease. Steve's story is an inspiration to all.

Documentary filmmaking ruins you for real life, because you learn to be extremely attentive.

Always do whatever's next.

I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players and that's what I tried to do.

That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

I never had any social life, just played the piano and studied, studied, studied.

Football has been my life for as long as I can remember.