Quotations on Focus

A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.

- Unknown Author

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

- Alexander Graham Bell

Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.

- Ray Knight

Concentration is the secret of strength.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.

- Nido Qubein

Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.

- Henry Ford

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.

- Anthony Robbins

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you’ll win… Channel your energy.

- Carl Lewis

No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated and disciplined.

- Unknown Author

It’s simply a matter of doing what you do best and not worrying about what the other fellow is going to do.

- John Adams

Visualize this thing you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin.

- Robert Collier

What you choose to focus your mind on is critical because you will become what you think about most of the time.

- Noel Peebles

You can’t depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus.

- Mark Twain

The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through.

- Harry A. Overstreet

The main thing is keeping the main thing the main thing.

- German Proverb

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

- Benjamin Disraeli

To get what you want; stop doing what isn’t working.

- Dennis Weaver

Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time.

- Arnold Glascow

Excellence is in the details. Give attention to the details and excellence will come.

- Perry Paxton

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

- Marie Curie

Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader.

- Paul J. Meyer

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

- Dale Carnegie

Don’t waste time calculating your chances of success and failure. Just fix your aim and begin.

- Guan Yin Tzu