Quotes About Focus

There is no need for us to know what we cannot know. There is so much for us to deal with here.

Lass dich fesseln, flüchtiger Gedanke!

Es wäre wenig in der Welt unternommen worden, wenn man nur immer auf den Ausgang gesehen hätte.

Too many books by too many authors can be confusing, like too many shirts and suits.

There are unimportant pieces in any game.

Too many books by too many authors can be confusing

You've got to choose some line of action and live by it. Otherwise nothing matters at all.

During this brief interval in the proceedings, we can take a pause to remind ourselves that there is an end to all this in sight and we're almost halfway there. That doesn't mean you can stop paying attention. In fact, you'll have to try harder from here on in.

Focus on the journey, not the destination.

Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives. Where we focus our attention.

But inevitably, after all the hardware questions had been answered, Breen would circle down to the question he'd really wanted to ask: What's it like to blow some unsuspecting raghead's shit away from a thousand yards? Carl always answered the same way: I tried not to think about that side of it, sir. It was a job, and I focused on the mechanics of it. Guys like Ray Breen never grasped the true nature of sniping. It was as much about concealment as it was about shooting.

down to brass tacks. What have you

Caitlin's ambition is like a third person in the car.

be one thing at a time, one thing and one thing only.

No-Doz and Vivarin to stay awake.

The way to focus our minds in prayer, therefore, is to picture mentally the one to whom we pray and the matter about which we pray.

our knowledge of God, our salvation, and our spiritual growth all depend on our keeping our eyes fixed singularly on Jesus Christ.

3. Bibliolatry. The inerrancy theory tends to shift the focus of faith away from Jesus Christ and toward the accuracy of the Bible. This is bibliolatry. According to the Bible itself, faith should rest on Jesus Christ, not on one's opinion about the degree of accuracy of the Bible. Responding

As we had drilled for, over years.

Freeman had exercised what the dapper man called his best talent: Sitzfleisch. Freeman had explained that this German word had no equivalent in English, and literally translated as "Sitflesh." It meant the ability to sit still and work quietly.

abstract himself out of the moment

She said I was interested in everything and committed to nothing.

Anything that can be put in a nutshell, should remain there.

Winston Churchill, who once defined a fanatic as someone who won't change his mind and can't change the subject.