I have not lost an awful lot in my life, but the defeats have taught me more than the victories. Whenever I… — Gianluigi Buffon Copy Share Image
When there is a voice in a piece of music, we tend to focus on the voice. That is probably something from… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
Cultivate the habit of attention and try to gain opportunities to hear wise men and women talk. Indifference and inattention are the… — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
Various kinds of fish provide an abundant source of protein and are often leaner than other animal sources, so if I want… — Rich Froning Jr Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to see the forest for the trees. I try to look at broader brushstrokes and focus on what we… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
When suddenly your focus changes, you see the years going by and it's an extra reminder that you don't want to live… — Ben Fogle Copy Share Image
Concentration and mindfulness are the internal ways in which the mind restores itself from being out of balance and lost in confusion… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
In some sense that was a blessing, because it forced me to focus on prose. I feel my narrative voice in prose… — Kevin Keck Copy Share Image
We should reserve the notion of 'morality' for the ways in which we can affect one another's experience for better or worse.… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Psychologists call it "defocused attention," where you broaden your horizons, let your mind float and drift a bit. Coffee keeps us sharp… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
What I do feel the modern child lacks, when compared with the earlier generation, is concentration, and the sheer dogged grit to… — Miss Read Copy Share Image
The first mistake is believing that transformational initiatives can be accomplished through normal channels and means. This cannot be done because there… — Geoffrey Moore Copy Share Image
“Let your mind become a lens, thanks to the converging rays of attention; let your soul be all intent on whatever it… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
Baking makes me focus. On weighing the sugar. On sieving the flour. I find it calming and rewarding because, in fairness, it… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as the capacity of your mind to be… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Women in the public eye and on TV are often scrutinized for how they look so I know how easy it would… — Gabby Logan Copy Share Image
No actor has made a career of exerting determination to the extent that Matt Damon has. In the 'Bourne' movies, he burned… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
I can focus on writing, or I can get lost in wonderfully fun but endless conversations and produce nothing new at all.… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
Now an extraordinary and helpful fact is that by making Mind the object of our attention, not only does the serenity which… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
People like to focus on a narrow stereotype, like if we didn't have football then we wouldn't have made it, ... The… — Jonathan Vilma Copy Share Image
You become what you think about and focus on the most. See yourself attracting the things you want to accomplish. Thoughts and… — Jonathan Toews Copy Share Image
In the end, Obama won, stealing the change message from John Edwards and beating back Hillary Clinton's focus on experience. And the… — John Dickerson Copy Share Image
The measure of mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our ability… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
It's always lovely to win trophies, have nice things said about you, and be nominated for individual awards. But I feel I… — Lucy Bronze Copy Share Image
You play a team for the second time, you definitely have some familiarity. I think it's beneficial for your players that they… — Mike McCarthy Copy Share Image
I've been to acting school and I think that at the end of the day, when you just focus on the work… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
We also had good software in the key categories and more focus on the gameplaying capability, so more of the marketing effort… — Trip Hawkins Copy Share Image
“once in a cognitive tunnel, we lose our ability to direct our focus. Instead, we latch on to the easiest and most… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
I love voice over work. To me, voice over and animation is such an art, because you focus solely on your voice.… — Atticus Shaffer Copy Share Image
Focus not on what he or she does, but on keeping to your higher purpose. Your own purpose should seek harmony with… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It's like looking at the sun, that's how infinity is. You can't look at it for too long or you dissolve. The… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Steve Jobs didn't seek solace among minimum wage workers. He sought it from highly educated men and women who understood and shared… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
I fell in love with the topic of leadership. For three decades, that has been a major focus of my hands-on work:… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in… — Cameron van der Burgh Copy Share Image
Whatever you focus upon, increases…When you focus on the things you need, you'll find those needs increasing…A grateful perspective brings happiness and… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
“Awareness, when managed and directed, becomes attention. By turning into attention, awareness becomes localized, and attains a focal point. Because of this… — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
I wanted to emulate my parents - Mum captained India in basketball, and Dad won a bronze in hockey in 1972 Olympics.… — Leander Paes Copy Share Image
This is the great luxury of not working: the moment you read a book that has nothing to do with work, you… — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
In these days of political, personal and economic disintegration, music is not a luxury, it's a necessity; not simply because it is… — Robert Shaw Copy Share Image
“Humans are funny. The more someone doesn’t want someone, the more that someone wants that someone. The time came when she started… — Kate McGahan Copy Share Image
