Concentration comes not from trying hard to focus on something, but from keeping your mind open and directing it at nothing. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
It [concentration of wealth and power] has been a menace to . . . American democracy. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The powers of the mind are like the rays of the sun when they are concentrated they illumine. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Whatever is difficult can be done with regular attention and actions. Stay focused.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
To perfect your nature doesn't mean to have some idea of what a perfect person is and to simply be that. That… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Sometimes I dance for concentration. I dance to release my nervousness. — Shinsuke Nakamura Copy Share Image
You could use a flower, a candle flame, anything you want that's suggestive of beauty and eternality. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
But my father, a thief in many ways, had robbed me of my concentration. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
I want the concentration and the romance, and the worlds all glued together, fused, glowing: have no time to waste any more… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Success in anything is about focus and concentration. When I coached, I'd say to the players, 'Yes, I know you played hard,… — Rick Barry Copy Share Image
And how can you achieve such concentration? By recognizing that everything you do is important to God, and is one vital piece… — Menachem Mendel Schneerson Copy Share Image
Introverts often work more slowly and deliberately. They like to focus on one task at a time and can have mighty powers… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Many of the old masters of watercolour painted from notes, with enthusiasm either unabated or renewed. It is hard to assume the… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
There are many things I can do, but I have to narrow it down to the one thing I must do. The… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
Kyra Sedgwick told me, 'Keep your heart where your feet are' and that's incredibly difficult to do. It takes a lot of… — Angie Harmon Copy Share Image
Without touching my subject I want to come to the moment when, through pure concentration of seeing, the composed picture becomes more… — Ernst Haas Copy Share Image
We have our difficulties, true; but we are a wiser and a tougher nation than we were in 1932. Never have there… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
N. S. Khrushchev established his supremacy in the U.S.S.R. after post-Stalinist alarums and excursions (1958-64). This admirable rough diamond, a believer in… — Eric Hobsbawm Copy Share Image
The activity at this very moment must be the only thing that matters, to which one is fully given. If one is… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Probably a lack of concentration. I always hit them during practice. I just need to concentrate. Even though I should a lousy… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Awareness means to listen to me unfocused - alert of course, not fallen asleep, but alert to these birds, their chirping, alert… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I would not draw definitive conclusions from that. If we look at South and North Korea, it is pretty hard to believe… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
When you're writing for the screen, you have to be hyper-conscious every moment of how the audience is going to react. If… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Through concentration, I can raise and lower my cholesterol at will. — Dwight Schrute Copy Share Image
Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
In the Gita continuous concentration on God is the king of sacrifices. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Meditation utilises concentration in its highest form. Concentration” — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Ability is the result of mental and physical toughness, resourcefulness, and powerful concentration. — Howard A. Tullman Copy Share Image
“Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The quality of time you are able to concentrate and use to produce values is what determines your greatness.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
The power of concentration is the only key to the treasure-house of knowledge. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Because America isn't perfect, it must be evil. Because Marxist regimes make claims of perfection, they must be good. ... Remind me… — Ron Rosenbaum Copy Share Image
Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life. — Questlove Copy Share Image
Peace can be reached through meditation on the knowledge which dreams give. Peace can also be reached through concentration upon that which… — Patanjali Copy Share Image
I was 16 and did a play at school. I was a rather good student... And then I did a play when… — Hank Azaria Copy Share Image
This, in the end, might be the greatest social good of poetry: to get us to live differently, with a different sort… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
Concentration of effort and the habit of working with a definite chief aim are two of the essential factors in success, which… — David Frost Copy Share Image