Quotes About Concentration

In human affairs of danger and delicacy successful conclusion is sharply limited by hurry. So often men trip by being in a rush. If one were properly to perform a difficult and subtle act, he should first inspect the end to be achieved and then, once he had accepted the end as desirable, he should forget it completely and concentrate solely on the means. By this method he would not be moved to false action by anxiety or hurry or fear. Very few people learn this.

In human affairs of danger and delicacy successful conclusion is sharply limited by hurry. So often men trip by being in a rush. If one were properly to perform a difficult and subtle act, he should first inspect the end to be achieved and then, once he had accepted the end as desirable, he should forget it completely and concentrate solely on the means. By this method he would not be moved to false action by anxiety or hurry or fear. Very few people learn this. What

It's always hard to start to concentrate. The mind darts like a chicken, trying to escape thinking even though thinking is the most rewarding function of man.

Intent on prayer, she has a dumb girl's sweet piercing way of putting her whole body into one thing at a time.

You should never read just for 'enjoyment.' Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends' insane behavior, or better yet, your own. Pick 'hard books.' Ones you have to concentrate on while reading. And for God's sake, don't let me ever hear you say, 'I can't read fiction. I only have time for the truth.' Fiction is the truth, fool!

I prize intensity and fear emotionalism. Consistency in high performance and production is a trademark of effective and successful organizations and those who lead them. Emotionalism destroys consistency. A leader who is ruled by emotions, whose temperament is mercurial, produces a team whose trademark is the roller coaster—ups and downs in performance; unpredictability and un-dependability in effort and concentration; one day good, the next day bad.

Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as the capacity of your mind to be calm and stable. Without calmness, the mirror of mindfulness will have an agitated and choppy surface and will not be able to reflect things with any accuracy.

By repeatedly bringing your attention back to the breath each time it wanders off, concentration builds and deepens, much as muscles develop by repetitively lifting weights.

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally.

Meditation is the process by which we go about deepening our attention and awareness, refining them, and putting them to greater practical use in our lives.

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment, and non judgementally

It involves intentionally doing only one thing at a time and making sure I am here for it.

Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time.

As an actor, you deal in fantasy, imagination, and concentration. Those are your three weapons. Those are your bullets.

My father could look straight ahead but concentrate on something on the very edge of his vision, almost nearly behind him.

Fear focuses the mind.

Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh - over fear...Heroism is the dazzling and glorious concentration of courage.

My greatest fear is speaking in public. You meet, like, um, people who just concentrate on me. I'd rather not have everyone focus on me.

When we are most scared is the time to summon our clearest concentration and move forward, not back.

Don't worry about what happened in past. Don't worry about what will happen in future. Just concentrate on what's happening right now.

Focus on the present and the past will take care of itself.

SUCCESS in life is a matter not so much of talent or opportunity as of concentration and PERSEVERANCE.

Sometimes I make up my mind, other times my mind wanders, and every so often I lose track of it entirely.

Having good strategies in playing chess is often a good indication of being focused in life.