Quotes About Focus

I knew what I wanted to do for my entire life, from nursery to university. I've always been geared towards wanting to act. I've stuck with it, dedicated time to it.

You can do what you will, but in any given moment of your life you can will only one definite thing and absolutely nothing other than that one thing.

Anyone who has tried to build something that changes people's lives sometimes finds life to be a distraction, and finds people who don't care as much as they do to be annoying.

In order to be in control of your life, you have to have a purpose-a productive purpose.

It is when things go hardest, when life becomes most trying, that there is greatest need for having a fixed goal.

The longer you spend your time worrying about all the negative things in your life, the further you push any chance of retrieving the positive.

Get it right in your head - and you'll get it right in your life.

When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.

Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control.

Athletics provided a life preserver for me, and that maybe kept me out of trouble. I never partied in high school. I mostly just dated.

Professional golfer... what a life.

There are six mental faculties that we have, and how we use them sets the course for our life.

I had sacrificed my entire life to play football.

I think, if you spend a day or - as many people do - a life working only with that aspect of your being, the cerebrum connected to a finger, I feel that the rest of you atrophies, essentially.

My expertise lies in what I've devoted my life to. I wouldn't pretend to be a great gift to any other animal. My interest has always been in the horses.

When we force a boy to be a mediocrity in a dozen subjects we destroy his standards, perhaps for life.

It's such a commitment, making a film, you're really dedicated, it's your life, that's all you do for that period of your life.

I always separated sports and my personal life.

Being highly invested and preoccupied by an emotionally consuming mission tends to steal resources from other aspects of your emotional life.

I've mostly been focusing on writing, and I've really enjoyed not playing music. It will always be part of my life, but I don't feel the immediate need to be playing for people.

You only have so much time in life so everything you do needs to mean something to you.

I try to be mindful in my daily life, trying to stay more present and have more intention. It keeps me calm, and I feel less whipped about by my emotions.

Keep you enemies in front of you.

Narrator: You had to give it to him: he had a plan. And it started to make sense, in a Tyler sort of way. No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide.