Focus Sayings and Quotes
Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old focus quotes, focus sayings, and focus proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.
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Never confuse motion with action.
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Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.
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The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.
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Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
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Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
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Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs.
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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
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Decide upon your major definite purpose in life and then organize all your activities around it.
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Keep focused on the substantive issues. To make a decision means having to go through one door and closing all others.
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Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, 'Is this necessary''
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If you focus on the possible when you experience difficult situations, YOU CAN positively change your outlook, reduce your stress, and concentrate on achieving things that otherwise may not have been possible.
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To focus means to bring your attention to the center, to concentrate on one thing intently in order to gain clarity.
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It was better to focus on the good and what we had than to focus on what we had lost and were losing.
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The inability to prioritize and focus also contributes to procrastination.
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Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
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A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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Do whatever you do intensely.
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The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.
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Be occupied, then, with what you really value and let the thief take something else.
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It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?
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To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
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Some of the steps you take may end up being detours or out-and-out mistakes. By staying focused on your vision, though, you'll find even those steps useful in the creating process.
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It's important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a time.
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An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
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We ve got to remember that we get whatever we focus on in life. If we keep focusing on what we don t want, we ll have more of it. The first step to creating any change is deciding what you do want so that you have something to move toward.
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Getting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the world? Focus on your main duty
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When you focus not on what you want, but on what you have, you end up getting more of what you want anyway.
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You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
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You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment.
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The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through.
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If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.
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Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
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It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.
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Our thoughts create our reality -- where we put our focus is the direction we tend to go.
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Focus on your potential instead of your limitations
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Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself. You may be surprised at how easily this happens. Your doubts are not as powerful as your desires, unless you make them so.
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We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.
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Focus should be to encourage and develop creativity in all children without the ultimate goal begin to make all children inventors, but rather to develop a future generation of critical thinkers.
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If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.
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The key to being focused is to intensely enjoy whatever you are doing.
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A focused man will walk a straighter path to all his successes and therefore will have more to gain.
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An even more narrow focus still comes with the hollow puppet of memory.
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If I am centered, then I can reach out to what's happening on the circumference. The ideal is to not lose touch with the centre.
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Visualize this thing you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin.
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What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.
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What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
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When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place.
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You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might.
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Instead of focusing on how much you can accomplish, focus on how much you can absolutely love what you're doing.
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I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.
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It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people; to focus your energies on answers – not excuses.
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Focus is the key to accomplish what is necessary - easy word to spell, it contains only five letters but it is probably one of the most powerful words there are in order to move forward with confidence and with the expected results.
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Each of my records has a different focus, a different theme.
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You don't get results by focusing on results. You get results by focusing on the actions that produce results.
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Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do.
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Be dramatically willing to focus on the customer at all costs, even at the cost of obsoleting your own stuff.
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Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
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One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
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If you just focus on the smallest details, you never get the big picture right.
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The sun's energy warms the world. But when you focus it through a magnifying glass it can start a fire. Focus is so powerful!
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It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
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Being selective—doing less—is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.
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Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change – focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can.
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Very occasionally, if you pay really close attention, life doesn't suck.
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Focus on your goals, not your fear. Focus like a laser beam on your goals.
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When you stay focused and keep a commitment you create momentum, and momentum creates momentum.
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Any artist that's involved in their work is inevitably going to have a focus in what they do.
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Concentration can be cultivated. One can learn to exercise will power, discipline one's body and train one's mind.
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Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy.
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My main focus is on my game.
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One thing at a time: It is important that we focus on the task that is at present in hand.
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So rather than trying to do too many things at once, switch over to a mindset of focusing on just one thing while you are working.
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I don't care too much what happened in the past. I prefer to focus on what is coming next and I am really looking forward to it.
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Prioritizing sharpens your vision so you can focus on the most important things.
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Focus on remedies, not faults.
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Life is short. Focus on what really matters most; you should change your priorities over time.
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Concentrated attention is the collection of units of power on a chosen point of intention.
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I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
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Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.
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Focus on the positives and be grateful.
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What you stay focused on will grow.
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Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses. Focus on your character, not your reputation. Focus on your blessings, not your misfortunes.
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Focusing is about saying No.
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But when you're beginning, you should try to focus on something you love and your own way of doing things.
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Without goals, you will end up going nowhere, or, you will end up following someone else's map! Develop your map today - set your goals and focus!
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Whenever something bad happens, keep calm, take a few deep breaths and shift the focus to something positive.
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Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.
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Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfillment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them.
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It's important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a time.
