Quotes about Focus

Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.

The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going.

So long as your eyes remain set upon the things of this world, your acts will lead to earthbound results.

How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.

Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little In comparison to eternal realities.--

Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, focus your energy on what you can create.

Focus on your goals, not your fear.

Amy Carmichael's great longing was to have a single eye for the glory of God. Whatever might blur the vision God had give her of His work, whatever could distract or deceive or tempt other to seek anything but the Lord Jesus Himself she tried to eliminate.

Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future, I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now.

The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.

Do the next thing." I don't know any simpler formula for peace, for relief from stress and anxiety than that very practical, very down-to-earth word of wisdom. Do the next thing. That has gotten me through more agonies than anything else I could recommend.

It was typical of Jim that, once sure of God's leading, he did not turn aside easily. The "leading" was to Ecuador, so every thought and action was bent in that direction. Jim practiced what he preached when he wrote in his diary: "Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.