Focus Quotes · Page 130

Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.

— B.K.S. Iyengar

I just try to do the best job I can with what I'm given. My main focus is the work and not…

— Ian Ziering

I love standing on the pitch too much to focus on anything else - if I want to be a coach or…

— Bastian Schweinsteiger

What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.

— Bill Parcells

Not everything or act deserves your attention. Some are just distractions meant to delay your progress.

— Terry Mark

I find that when I am actually writing, I enter a zone of concentration too small to admit my troubles.

— Roger Ebert

I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

— Bryan Cranston

“The magic wand that can spread fairy dust on everything you hear, touch, and see is called attention.”

— Veronique Vienne

I know people are going to put the main focus on stopping me, so I need to learn how to make my…

— Kawhi Leonard

What we focus on we become. If you are just focusing on unhappy things, you will become unhappy. If you focus on…

— Frederick Lenz

“He had sprung from a rigid Puritan stock, and had been brought up to think much more intently of the duties of…

— Henry James

One of the main things I do is focus on ideas and what stories we decide to tell, but probably the biggest…

— Craig McCracken

Nike is at its best when we focus on the future. Sport is in a constant state of progression. Athletes are expanding…

— Mark Parker

Multitasking creates a dopamine-addiction feedback loop, effectively rewarding the brain for losing focus and for constantly searching for external stimulation.

— Daniel Levitin

Refuse to worry. You won't gain anything by worrying... in fact, you lose precious moments that you can never get back. To…

— Nishan Panwar

There's an attention to detail that you learn in the video room that, I don't want to say you can't get anywhere…

— Mike Budenholzer

Relationships matter above all, and that you build relationships by making yourself useful, not annoying. The PR practitioner should focus on providing…

— Laura Fitton

I don't want to sound corny; everyone tells you what it's going to be like to have kids and you're like, 'Yeah,…

— Cameron Mathison

Don't criticize, condemn or complain. Constantly criticizing, condemning and complaining is what breaks most relationships. Instead of criticizing and condemning, figure out…

— Dale Carnegie

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

— Stacy Schiff

We can have skills training in mindfulness so that we are using our attention to perceive something in the present moment. This…

— Sharon Salzberg

I always remind my team to take a step back and ask themselves, 'Why are we doing this?' For us, 100% of…

— Sandra E. Peterson

Me being from a Celtic culture that tends to emphasize directness, conflict, openness has a big effect on my living in Japan,…

— Sean Michael Wilson

I believe that the behavior of too many of our corporations investment bankers and fund managers has jeopardized some of the trust…

— John C. Bogle

Our focus on the investigation is really wide-ranging. And we can't limit it to just one point in time.

— Barack Obama

Rather than thinking about what not to eat, I like to focus on what I can eat to look and feel my…

— Mary Helen Bowers

A writer can't afford to just focus on writing and leave marketing aside in today's competitive market.

— Amish Tripathi

When I concentrate and focus, they always go in, so I'm gonna continue to do that, and they will go in.

— Shaquille O'Neal

“The more you pay attention to success, the more you will increase your chances of becoming a success.”

— Gift Gugu Mona

If you focus too much on business or finance, then sometimes you don't move ahead as much as you could.

— Liz Mitchell

When on stage, I have good concentration. When I don't find something interesting, I can't concentrate.

— Morfydd Clark

“When everything is designed to grab your attention, the most radical act is to focus on what matters.”

— Y.k.y. Sadek

We focus on the best, fun, and happy things, and people want that. Being happy never goes out of style,

— Lilly Pulitzer

As an entrepreneur, one of my biggest struggles is that you have to focus, but you also have to expand.

— Jason Blum

“Imagination is better than a sharp instrument. To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”

— Mary Oliver

If you focus your thoughts on what you do have and not what you don't have you will always be grateful.

— Ernie Johnson Jr

... a relentless focus on the outward markers of success can lead to complacency. It can make you lazy.

— Barack Obama

There's no day that is the same as the day before. So you have to be energized; you have to be focused.

— Hillary Clinton

“Don't waste your time to make new dreams. but waste it to make one of your lifetime dream, come true.”

— Olivia Sinaga

I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration.

— Haruki Murakami