Quotes about Focus

By losing our focus on the small band of terrorists who had actually planned and carried out 9/11 and instead defining the threat as an open-ended, all-encompassing "War on Terror," we'd fallen into what I believed was a strategic trap—one that had elevated al-Qaeda's prestige, rationalized the Iraq invasion, alienated much of the Muslim world, and warped almost a decade of U.S. foreign policy.

Mr. Shepherd, ye cannot stop a bad thought from coming into your head. But ye need not pull up a chair and bide it sit down. - Mrs. Brown

There is no perfect time to write. There is only now.

Courage isn't absenct of fear, it is the awareness that something else is important

If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.

How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

It is possible to be busy—very busy—without being very effective.

God was at the center of your life, everything else would find its proper place.

When we set and achieve goals that are in our Center of Focus, we maximize the use of our time and effort. Interestingly, we find that as we do this over time, our Circle of Influence automatically increases. We find positive ways to influence more people and circumstances.