Quotes About Concentration

You have no control over how tall you are or how long your legs are, but you do have control over how much you concentrate.

This study, which we published in 2007, provided strong evidence that the brain's attention systems can be trained. Like any form of workout, from weight lifting to cycling to learning a second language, it causes an enduring change in the system that is engaged. In this case, that change is the ability to maintain laser-sharp concentration with less and less activity in the brain's attention circuit.

The mind will always take on an order conforming to that upon which it concentrates.

our physical capacity for sustained attention is decreasing.

Distraction is the primary spiritual problem in our day.

She screws up her face in a parody of deep concentration.

children in the "green" day care, who played outside every day, regardless of weather, had better motor coordination and more ability to concentrate.

On average, the greener a girl's view from home, the better she concentrates, the less she acts impulsively, and the longer she can delay gratification.

Here is a lesson to brand in fire across any young historian's mind: If you try to do too much, you will not do anything.

Your mind must always go, even while you're shaking hands and going through all the maneuvers. I developed the ability long ago to do one thing while thinking about another.

San Francisco Chronicle went the other way for three days, editorializing: "It is not necessary to imitate Hitler by herding whole populations, the guilty and the innocent together into even humane concentration camps.

Sydney! Stop. Think of something else. Conjugate Latin verbs. Recite the periodic table.

At any moment in the day, you can only do one thing at a time. And the more intentional you are about knowing what your 1 is, the more present you will be.

What is your 1? At any moment in the day, you can do only one thing at a time. And the more intentional you are about knowing what your 1 is, the more present you will be.

This special green is the result of high copper concentration in the soil.

Her face was focused and contained, as if she was concentrating on something more important than answering the door. She was slight, with dark eyes, a thin face, and prominent ears. She was wearing denim shorts, a light green blouse, and sandals. Her hair was damp, as if she wasn't long from the shower. Holman thought she looked like a child. She stared at him with curious indifference. "Yes?" "I'm Max Holman. Richie's father." Holman

Consequently, children who experience toxic stress have trouble concentrating, controlling impulsive behavior, and following directions.

You must avoid at all cost the idea that you can manage learning several skills at a time. You need to develop your powers of concentration, and understand that trying to multitask will be the death of the process.

Intellect is a magnitude of intensity, not a magnitude of extensity.

Concentrate on a single goal, a single task, and beat it into submission.

Although time is the critical factor in attaining Mastery and this intuitive feel, the time we are talking about is not neutral or simply quantitative. An hour of Einstein's thinking at the age of sixteen does not equal an hour spent by an average high school student working on a problem in physics. It is not a matter of studying a subject for twenty years, and then emerging as a Master. The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.

You cannot hit two targets with one arrow. If your thoughts stray, you miss your enemies' heart. Mind and arrow must become one.

Norah watched him, serious and utterly absorbed in his task, overcome by the simple fact of his existence.

Yes, she might have managed to lift the portcullis—with concentration, an unprecedented bout of luck, and the absence of a hangover. Oh, and if she were in mortal danger. Unfortunately, her power was adrenaline-based, making it as infinite as it was uncontrollable. "You think I use magick like mine to open a tomb?" Mari asked in a scoffing tone. Mistress of bluffing, working it here.