The contraction is concentration; the expansion is…

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

— Plato

We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

It is a good practice to write at least on page of mantra daily. Many people get better concentration by writing than by chanting.…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

“Exceptional work is always associated with periods of deep concentration. Nothing excellent ever comes from a scattered effort.”

— Kevin Horsley

Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.

— Ferguson Jenkins

The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.

— Elia Kazan

I can let go of a lot of stuff, but I focus on things I think I should, like dancing, because it takes 100…

— Yuan Yuan Tan

“Apply the blacksmith's homely principle when you are speaking. If you feel deeply about your subject you will be able to think of little…

— Dale Carnegie

Mindfulness develops attention, concentration and the ability to simply be present with little or no future orientation, past orientation or goal orientation—choosing to be…

— Ian Gawler

So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that…

— Gautama Buddha

Recently a study proved that working from a larger, less cluttered computer screen increases concentration. I could have told them that. And yes, I…

— Stacy Schiff

If writing with a goal - whether it be evangelistic, apologetic, or didactic - implies propaganda, then all recorded history is propaganda. . .…

— Paul Copan

... programming requires more concentration than other activities. It's the reason programmers get upset about 'quick interruptions' - such interruptions are tantamount to asking…

— Steve McConnell

Any piece of knowledge which the pupil has himself acquired- any problem which he has himself solved, becomes, by virtue of the conquest, much…

— Herbert Spencer

Our mind is a flowing something. It oscillates. Concentration is merely the continuous return to the same problem from a million angles… So my…

— Frank Laubach