Focus Quotes · Page 154

By far the most important form of attention we can give our loved ones is listening... True listening is love in action.

— M. Scott Peck

“Be so focused on an open door that you are unfazed by any door that closes on you at all.”

— Gift Gugu Mona

People tend to put too much focus on the lyrics. It's not the be-all and end-all of our songs.

— Elizabeth Fraser

The experience taught me to be present in the real Buddhist sense of paying attention to the moment.

— Sandra Cisneros

If you just focus on getting better, and not being the best, you have such a good time.

— James Acaster

With practice and focus, you can extend yourself far more than you ever believed possible.

— Edmund Hillary

Concentration is the key that opens up to the child the latent treasures within him.

— Maria Montessori

To perfect your nature means to let go of this world and place your attention fully in the plane of enlightenment.

— Frederick Lenz

I think history shows that countries have to have some kind of a threshold level of economic success before they begin to…

— Henry Paulson

If we know the divine art of concentration, if we know the divine art of meditation, if we know the divine art…

— Sri Chinmoy

In Italy, it is all about tactics and playing for a result, whereas in Spain, the focus is on technique and pace.…

— Fabio Capello

If you focus the rays of the sun through a lens, they can burn cotton or a piece of paper; but, the…

— Sivananda

I love doing different things where, for a little while, I can focus on standup then sketch writing, then performing, then directing…

— Kyle Dunnigan

If you really do want to increase women's status, you could focus on just that, but you'd probably better focus also on…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

The experiences that technology provides is very, very important, rather than just the backroom aspects of running things. It's just as important…

— Gary Shapiro

It's human nature that if you get 20 positive comments and one negative one, you're going to focus on the negative. We…

— Bindi Irwin

“In a variation on James's recipe for interesting experience--the familiar leavened by the novel--Hobbs's "art of choosing difficulties" requires selecting projects that…

— Winifred Gallagher

I think the best way to listen to my music is through recording. I would love to be one of those artists…

— Willis Earl Beal

You have more creative freedom with writing, in certain ways, because you can create everything that happens. But, as an actor you…

— John Francis Daley

People sometimes focus on the red button hot topic issues and I'm, like, you know, who cares about priestly celibacy? I'm thinking…

— Lino Rulli

I didn't realize how much of a Hoosier or a Midwesterner I was until I moved to New York. It's weird -…

— Jim Gaffigan

I don't want to denounce musicals because they certainly have a message they want to communicate. But with straight plays, there is…

— Sean Mahon

How could any entrepreneur, confronted by such amazing opportunities to help transform the world and to do so with such extraordinary colleagues,…

— Bill Drayton

Direct your attention inward. Have a look inside yourself. What kind of thoughts is your mind producing? What do you feel? Direct…

— Eckhart Tolle

Many women are pear-shaped and tend to wear jeans that are too loose. They need to focus on what jeans will re-proportion…

— Trinny Woodall

A wise person looks at the end results instead of focusing only on his or her immediate circumstances.

— Craig Williams

“In the midst of battle, you need something versatile to keep your focus”

— Isaiah Hankel

If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration.

— Serena Williams

I tend to walk through life sort of looking through a pair of binoculars, and I focus on certain things and push…

— Tommy Caldwell

“There is never any valid reason for not being in full mental focus.”

— Barbara Branden

What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients.

— Herbert A. Simon

Forgiveness is 'selective remembering'--a conscious decision to focus on love and let the rest go.

— Marianne Williamson

I think what Californians want is a governor who's going to focus on California.

— Kevin Faulconer

I'm just trying to focus on playing my game and playing well, and whatever happens afterwards, we'll see.

— Jimmer Fredette

“One of the greatest gifts you can give is your undivided attention.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“Be so free that nothing more than your future can distract your attention.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

What I've learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.

— Barry Diller

Some men focus more on how to get a women, but once they have her, they lose focus on how to keep…

— Melchor Lim

Don't focus on the wins and losses... focus your efforts on performing to your full potential.

— Michael Chandler

My whole family have all been through a difficult time. My focus is my children, our children.

— Angelina Jolie