Quotes about Focus
The great reformer Martin Luther is quoted as saying, "I have so much to do today, I'll need to spend another hour on my knees.
— Stephen Covey
Before a performance, a sales presentation, a difficult confrontation, or the daily challenge of meeting a goal, see it clearly, vividly, relentlessly, over and over again. Create an internal "comfort zone." Then, when you get into the situation, it isn't foreign. It doesn't scare you. Your creative, visual right brain is one of your most important assets, both in creating your personal mission statement and in integrating it into your life.
— Stephen Covey
Writing or reviewing a mission statement changes you because it forces you to think through your priorities deeply, carefully, and to align your behavior with your beliefs. As you do, other people begin to sense that you're not being driven by everything that happens to you. You have a sense of mission about what you're trying to do and you are excited about it.3
— Stephen Covey
you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character.
— Stephen Covey
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.
— Stephen Covey
From start to finish, this movie is obviously about God. He is the main character. How is is possible that we live as though it is about us?
— Francis Chan
Live now. When you are eating, eat. When you are loving, love. when you are talking with someone, talk. When you are looking at a flower, look. Catch the beauty of the moment!
— Leo Buscaglia
When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
A pure heart means a single heart, a heart in which only one desire lives: love.
— Peter Kreeft
Alright, the secret of happiness is simple: find out what you truly love to do and then direct all of your energy towards doing it.
— Robin Sharma
There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.
— Confucius
It is an unspeakable advantage to possess our minds with an habitual good intention, and to aim all our thoughts, words, and actions, at some laudable end.
— Joseph Addison