Clearness Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Setbacks help you to concentrate.

— Lindsey Vonn

“A peculiar feature – no doubt a weakness – of my mental make-up is that I find it difficult to concentrate twice on the…

— Claude Lévi-Strauss

“The steady and undissipated attention to one object is a sure mark of a superior genius; as hurry, bustle, and agitation are the never-failing…

— Earl Of Chesterfield

The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the…

— Karen Armstrong

Difficult times disrupt your conventional ways of thinking and push you to forge better habits of thought, performance and being.

— Anonymous

I have little tolerance for incompetence, sloppy thinking, and laziness.

— Michael E. DeBakey

Stressing and obsessing over your vision blocks it.

— Gabrielle Bernstein

I have a pretty good idea of what I am not good at and have it front and centre of my consciousness every minute…

— Meryl Streep

Be persistent, and hang on to your vision. And at the same time, be flexible.

— Reid Hoffman

If you can't handle your neurosis, your neurosis will handle you.

— Chuck Spezzano

I am lithe, but fragile from constant involuntary self-analysis.

— Mary MacLane

Bear with my weakness. My old brain is troubled. Be not disturbed with my infirmity.

— William Shakespeare