Concentration Quotes - Page 2

• And the American people should be made aware of the trend toward the monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power in fewer and fewer hands.

  Spiro T. Agnew

  Power, Hands, People

  "The Impudent Snobs: Agnew Vs. the Intellectual Establishment".

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• I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there.

  Mickey Rourke

  Animal, Light, Focus And Concentration

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• The bosses of our mass media, press, radio, film and television, succeed in their aim of taking our minds off disaster. Thus, the distraction they offer demands the antidote of maximum concentration on disaster.

  Ernst Fischer

  Media, Boss, Mind

  Ernst Fischer (1969). “Art against ideology”

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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.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

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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.

  Alexander Graham Bell

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Procrastination

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• Shooting clay targets is a very cleansing experience. It's very relaxing. It takes a lot of concentration. It's also very social, since you're usually shooting with friends. You can talk and forget about almost anything else that's on your mind.

  Tom Selleck

  Mind, Clay, Target

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• The difference in men does not lie in the size of their hands, nor in the perfection of their bodies, but in this one sublime ability of concentration: to throw the weight in one blow, to live eternity in an hour.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Lying, Blow, Men

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• The giants of the race have been men of concentration, who have struck sledge-hammer blows in one place until they have accomplished their purpose. The successful men of today are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Successful, Blow, Men

  Orison Swett Marden (2015). “An Iron Will, He Can Who Thinks He Can & Pushing To The Front (Wisdom & Empowerment Series): How to Achieve Self-Reliance Which Leads to Vigorous Self-Faith, Personal Growth & Success”, p.288, e-artnow

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• The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism.

  Arthur Miller

  Life, Commitment, Tragedy

  Arthur Miller (2015). “Miller Plays: 1: All My Sons; Death of a Salesman; The Crucible; A Memory of Two Mondays; A View from the Bridge”, p.7, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

  Confucius

  Success, Congratulations, Failure

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• If we know the divine art of concentration, if we know the divine art of meditation, if we know the divine art of contemplation, easily and consciously we can unite the inner world and the outer world.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Art, Sri Lanka, Meditation

  Sri Chinmoy (2015). “Beyond Within: A Philosophy for the Inner Life”, p.234, Aum Publications

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• The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some, it's a Broadway spotlight; for others, a lamplit desk. Use your natural powers -- of persistence, concentration, and insight -- to do work you love and work that matters. Solve problems. make art, think deeply.

  Susan Cain

  Art, Thinking, Persistence

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.264, Broadway Books

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• How has all the knowledge in the world been gained but by the concentration of the powers of the mind? The world is ready to give up its secrets if we only know how to knock, how to give it the necessary blow. The strength and force of the blow come through concentration. There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point; that is the secret.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Giving Up, Blow, Secret

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.11, Advaita Ashrama

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• The first law of success is concentration - to bed all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right nor the left.

  William Mathews

  Law, Focus, Bed

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• My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work.

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, Hard Work, Athlete

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• Whatsoever you are doing, be absorbed in it so utterly that the mind thinks nothing, is just there, is just a presence. And more and more totality will be coming.

  Rajneesh

  Thinking, Mind, Totality

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• The joy of life is born of concentration. When you are having a cup of tea, the value of that experience depends on your concentration. You have to drink the tea with 100 percent of your concentration.

  Nhat Hanh

  Joy, Tea, Cups

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2010). “You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment”, p.77, Shambhala Publications

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• Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment.

  Michael Korda

  Keys, Doors, Accomplishment

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• The only way I could work properly was by using the absolute maximum of observation and concentration that I could possible muster.

  Lucian Freud

  Way, Observation, Maximum

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• Who knows how many artists fail because the light that shines through them is defracted in a thousand directions and not concentrated in a single beam?

  Eric Maisel

  Artist, Light, Shining

  Eric Maisel (1996). “Affirmations for Artists”, Tarcher

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• The Zen of doing anything is doing it with a particular concentration of mind, a calmness and simplicity of mind, that brings the experience of enlightenment and, through that experience, happiness.

  Chris Prentiss

  Simplicity, Mind, Enlightenment

  Chris Prentiss (2006). “Zen and the Art of Happiness”, p.10, BookBaby

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• Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.

  Arnold Palmer

  Capacity, Enjoyment, Urges

  Arnold Palmer (1970). “Situation golf”

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• Concentrate: you can't have it all.

  Twyla Tharp

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• The power to concentrate was the most important thing. Living without this power would be like opening one’s eyes without seeing anything.

  Haruki Murakami

  Eye, Important, Would Be

  Haruki Murakami (1994). “The Elephant Vanishes”, Vintage

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• What is the difference between attention and inattention? What is attention and what is concentration? ...Attention has no centre.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Differences, Attention, Centre

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