Quotes About Focus

No man resolved to make the most of himself, can spare time for personal contention," Lincoln was wont to say.

Roosevelt seemed to feel," Harrison remarked, "that everything ought to be done before sundown.

In Eleanor's judgment, her husband was better able to meet the tension than many of the others, "because he'd learned from polio that if there was nothing you could do about a situation, then you'd better try to put it out of your mind and go on with your work at hand.

TR regarded procrastination as a sin. Preparing ahead - Freedom from anxiety.

Secondo me, a farti ricordare qualcosa, di importante o meno, è il fatto che in quel momento eri particolarmente vigile, attento. Per la maggior parte del tempo viviamo in una sorta di trance, non facciamo caso a niente.

That frame of mind that you need to make fine pictures of a very wonderful subject, you cannot do it by not being lost yourself.

Tobie. Unless I'm giving off steam, behave normally. I remember what to do. One foot in front of the other, but not both at the same time unless I'm a robin.

To succeed as you want, you have to be precise; you have to have polish; you have to carry polish and precision into everything you do. You have no time to sigh over seigneuries and begrudge other people their gifts. Lack of genius never held anyone back," said Lymond. "Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that.

That's what terrorism is, basically—pure theater. Nothing in particular is ever accomplished by it, other than to focus attention on a small group of people who seize absolute power by threatening everything that holds civilization together.

All you need to do is organize your butterflies.

But it is the mark of all movements, however well-intentioned, that their pioneers tend, by much lashing of themselves into excitement, to lose sight of the obvious.

Most people don't associate anythin'--their ideas just roll about like so many dry peas on a tray, makin' a lot of noise and goin' nowhere, but once you begin lettin' 'em string their peas into a necklace, it's goin' to be strong enough to hang you, what?

People who seek to serve the community end up falsifying their work, she wrote, whether the work is writing a novel or baking bread, because they are not single- mindedly focused on the task at hand. But if you serve the work— if you perform each task to its utmost perfection— then you will experience the deep satisfaction of craftsmanship and you will end up serving the community more richly than you could have consciously planned.

If thine eye be single, the whole body is full of light

So many things in this life are a waste of time

If you are once sure what you do want, you find that everything else goes down before it like grass under a roller—all other interests, your own and other people's.

Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.

Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.

She wish she knew what it was she was trying not to think about

Fuck 'em," said Ford, slumping on the bed. "You can't care about every damn thing.

A quick change of magnification brought them into close focus—two massively real rockets thundering through the sky. The suddenness of it was shocking.

Miró fijamente los instrumentos con el aire de quien intentara pasar de memoria de la escala Fahrenheit a la centígrada mientras la casa está en llamas.

Hughes often said that men fail to make progress in learning not for lack of time or ability but for lack of hard work.

Hughes often said that men fail to make progress in learning not for lack of time or ability but for lack of hard work. Unlike so many university students today, who stay up late partying, eating pizza, and playing video games, Watts and his friends did not fritter away the hours. They did, however, stay up late. Far into the night, Watts went on reading and annotating what he read.