Focus And Concentration Quotes

• 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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  Don't dwell on what went wrong.
  Instead, focus on what to do next.
  Spend your energies on moving forward
  toward finding the answer.

  Denis Waitley

  Success, Moving On, Letting Go

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  If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.

  Jack Dixon

  Motivational, Change, Basketball

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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.

  Marianne Williamson

  Love, Forgiveness, Peace

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• It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Success, Basketball

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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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• The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

  Ben Stein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Ben Stein (2010). “How Successful People Win: Using Bunkhouse Logic to Get What You Want in Life”, p.18, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.

  Brian Tracy

  Motivational, Inspiring, Fear

  Twitter post from Dec 26, 2014

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• You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Inspiring, Meaningful

  Mark Twain (1889). “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court”, p.422, Createspace Independent Pub

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• Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fear

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.189, Simon and Schuster

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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.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Inspirational, Yoga, Delight

  FaceBook post by Dr. Barbara De Angelis from May 20, 2014

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

  Ray Knight

  Sports, Funny Inspirational, Athlete

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• Success in any endeavor requires single-minded attention to detail and total concentration.

  Willie Sutton

  Success, Details, Attention

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• Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Victory, Mental Toughness

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• It's not what's happening to you now or what has happened in your past that determines who you become. Rather, it's your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you're going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Happiness, Mean

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.46, Simon and Schuster

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• All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.

  Gautama Buddha

  Karma, Buddhist, Attitude

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• A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Data, Essentials, Gifted

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

  Nido R Qubein

  Life, Motivational, Success

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• Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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• The only prudence in life is concentration.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Prudence, Focus

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• Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Eye

  Brian Tracy, Azim Jamal (2016). “What You Seek Is Seeking You”, p.139, Jaico Publishing House

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• Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Time, Loser, Moments

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  Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.141, Vivekananda Kendra

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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.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspiring, Encouragement, Powerful

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

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• The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.

  Lee Iacocca

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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