Focus Quote by Mark Twain Download Open image “Nothing so focuses the mind as the prospect of being hanged.” — Mark Twain ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Focus Mind Psychology
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It must be well-nigh a maximum of sense to behave so that one escapes being hanged. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Imprisonment of the body is bitter; imprisonment of the mind is worse — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“We may remain more or less open-minded on the subject of the death penalty, indisposed to commit ourselves, so long as we have not… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Being a hangman requires you to take someone else’s life based on someone else’s judgment, and carry it out on someone else’s schedule. The… — Taona Dumisani Chiveneko Copy Share Image
Let the punishments of criminals be useful. A hanged man is good for nothing; a man condemned to public works still serves the country,… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
If the prisoner should ask the judge whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case, he would answer no.… — John Selden Copy Share Image
the mind is its own beautiful prisoner. Mind looked long at the sticky moon opening in dusk her new wings then decently hanged himself,one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If you had made the acquiring of ignorance the study of your life, you could not have graduated with higher honor than you could… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The Creator sat upon the throne, thinking. Behind him stretched the illimitable continent of heaven, steeped in a glory of light and color; before… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would not starve to death suddenly in Europe, but I think he would gradually… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The higher animals get their teeth without pain or inconvenience. Man gets his through months and months of cruel torture; he will never get… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“As far as I can see, Italy, for fifteen hundred years, has turned all her energies, all her finances, and all her industry to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Begin with the determination to succeed and the work is half done already. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Many public-school children seem to know only two dates—1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don't know what happened on either… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If you take your eye off the ball or lose focus for even a minute you can lose a game against any team. — Felipe Anderson Copy Share Image
Music is a job, but I figured out ways to get my mind into a place where I could be creative. I actually discovered… — Flume Copy Share Image
I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon… — Magdalena Neuner Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still… — Nas Copy Share Image
“This is Galileo,” said Aristotle. “He advocates understanding the world through observation and experiment. He is an unimaginative thinker, but his results demand our… — Liu Cixin Copy Share Image
If you ask another competitor, they may tell you they felt very competitive towards me. But I can tell you that my biggest competition… — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave… — Minor White Copy Share Image
Enlightened people live in very charged states of attention, with a tremendous power circuiting through them. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
