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Quotes About Focus

I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about it all the time - when I woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night - and that went on for eight years.
~ Andrew Wiles
Being a husband is a whole time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They cannot give their entire attention to it.
~ Arnold Bennett
Every time you have to make a choice about anything, think Does this go toward or away from what I want? Always choose what goes toward what you want.
~ Barbara Sher
Here at work we're all just trying to get a job done. My people have the confidence of their convictions and they know their skills. And that occupies most of my time.
~ Bill Gates
There was a time when all I cared about was the next game, the next party, the next tee time.
~ Brett Favre
The fact is that you can't do everything that you have to do. You have to procrastinate on something. Therefore, procrastinate on small tasks.
~ Brian Tracy
Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first.
~ Brian Tracy
People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.
~ Brian Tracy
Through the most simple things which we do all the time, we can feel out to which degree we honor everything with our inner attention.
~ Charlotte Selver
Writing fiction takes me out of time. I sit down and the clock will not exist for me for a few hours. That's probably as close to immortal as we'll ever get.
~ David Foster Wallace
The person determined to achieve maximum success learns the principle that progress is made one step at a time.
~ David J. Schwartz
If we can take the time to mute the noise we've build around ourselves the rhythm of the heartbeats and the purpose may be clear.
~ Dawud Wharnsby Ali
I even asked [Saniyya Sidney] why she wanted to be an actor and she said, "I'm serious about this. These other little kids they want to play, and I don't have time for that."
~ Denzel Washington
Take less time to read the scorecard and more time to read the hole.
~ Chi Chi Rodriguez
No time is wasted time
~ Jim Henson
No one finds time for prayer. You either take time for it or you don't get it.
~ Joan D. Chittister
Remember; no matter how desperate the situation seems, time spent thinking clearly is never time wasted.
~ Max Brooks
There is a time for everything. There is a time when I sit down, I concentrate myself on the problem of my bills, but I would not worry before that. One thing at a time.
~ Nhat Hanh
I wasn't at all focused on school, and I didn't achieve much. But I've got a sense of urgency now. I feel I can't let any more time waste away.
~ Robert Pattinson
There is no bigger waste of time than doing 90% of what is necessary.
~ Thomas Sowell
Honestly, I do spend most of my time between films trying to get the next one made.
~ Kasi Lemmons
I don't care how busy I am - I will always make time for what's most important to me.
~ Kevin Hart
I am always able to keep a laser focus on one thing at a time without getting distracted. It helps that I try to break everything I do into small, achievable tasks.
~ Luis von Ahn
If I was the type of person who had tennis, tennis, tennis all the time and I went to bed and ended up dreaming about tennis, I would go nuts.
~ Marat Safin