Focus Quotes · Page 161

I should pay attention to what I know and not talk more just because I won a Nobel Prize.

— Jean Tirole

We shouldn't deny the pain of what happens in our lives. We should just refuse to focus only on the valleys.

— Charles R. Swindoll

Acting manifested as the primary focus over the years but now I am stirring the pot once again with my voice.

— Janine Turner

It is only as we focus our thoughts on heaven that we will correctly interpret life on earth.

— Paul P. Enns

“Beyond that closed door, shift your perspective and focus only on the positives.”

— Gift Gugu Mona

My faith in Islam is not unlike my faith in the game of basketball: Both require immense determination, focus, passion and discipline.

— Enes Kanter

Our ability to focus on one thing at a time in our life is must if we want to achieve desired result…

— Anurag Prakash Ray

If I need to steal from a difficult spot, I like to use a 'bottom-up' attention strategy to direct the focus.

— Apollo Robbins

You have to know what you're doing to help people and have an important stance in life. You can only do that…

— Myles Garrett

When I was 14 or 15, I was a really good volleyball player, so I thought, 'Well, maybe I'll just get a…

— Elizabeth Olsen

My focus is on the reader and that the poet's job is not to inspire himself or herself. The poet's job is…

— Edward Hirsch

“Focus on the interests and goals you have in common, trade things you care about less for things that matter to you…

— Linda Babcock

One look at an email can rob you of 15 minutes of focus. One call on your cell phone, one tweet, one…

— Jacqueline Leo

I probably do the most for the gay and lesbian community, or LGBT, but I don't have one that I focus on.…

— Chelsea Handler

I don't want egos and personalities on the set that make it more difficult to make the film. I don't want people…

— Neill Blomkamp

When a child or adolescent is troubled, the most important thing for the parent to focus on may very well be their…

— Timothy Carey

The Spirit of Cities presents a new approach to the study of cities in which the focus is placed on a city's…

— Nathan Glazer

There are times in my life when I let myself get consumed with jealously for someone else's life, their body, their wardrobe,…

— Demi Lovato

At the most basic level, therefore, secure attachments in both childhood and adulthood are established by two individual's sharing a nonverbal focus…

— Daniel J. Siegel

“Next time you're about to rule out some guy because he's not your ideal, try to focus on the good things about…

— Lori Gottlieb

I came from advertising. For me it's about protecting the director's vision. That's always the goal. There's keeping things on budget and…

— Charles Roven

From the simplest lyric to the most complex novel and densest drama, literature is asking us to pay attention. Pay attention to…

— Frederick Buechner

“That's when it happened. An understanding, a new realization, cameinto her head and triggered a transformation that was almost total. Maybe this…

— Alexander McLeod

I take 10 minutes. I focus on what I'm most grateful for. Then I do a little prayer for three minutes, a…

— Tony Robbins

It's not easy to focus again, you know, after playing three or four hours. I don't know, I do it well somehow.

— Kei Nishikori

Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.

— Seneca the Younger

“You cannot ‘fit yourself in’ to greatness. This can only be done by embracing and pursuing your biggest dreams and desires.”

— Gordana Biernat

My guideline has always been to avoid a focus on me personally. Not because of any deep, dark secrets. Rather just a…

— Bill Gates

Worrying or thinking about your problem won't help you. Instead try to find the solution of the problem.

— Anurag Prakash Ray

Having your goal to focus on is key, but don't let it become more important than your excellence next year and the…

— Bill Rodgers

Well, I'm definitely gonna focus on being a better all-around player.

— DeAndre Jordan

I know it is a cliche, but I am just going to focus on each game and try to do as well…

— Dele Alli

It is usually easier to see what lies on the surface of a person rather than taking the time and attention to…

— Anonymous

I can never focus on a film because I'm conscious of my performance.

— Hyun Bin

“To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.”

— Descartes

I miss boxing. I miss everybody and everything. I miss the attention.

— Riddick Bowe

You are not going to change the minds of people who are looking for attention.

— Buzz Aldrin

Don't attribute mishaps to a lapse in concentration - if you missed the note you don't know it.

— William Westney

I like to be in a different place when I make a movie so that I can't really focus on anything else,…

— Jodie Foster

I don't think it was ever really my focus to prove to people one way or the other.

— Daniel Jones