Focus Quotes

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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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• The idea of safety had shrunk into particles - one snug moment, then the next. Meanwhile, the brain piped fugues of worry and staged mind-theaters full of tragedies and triumphs, because unfortunately, the fear of death does wonders to focus the mind, inspire creativity, and heightens the senses. Trusting one's hunches only seems gamble if one has time for seem; otherwise the brain goes on autopilot and trades the elite craft of analysis for the best rapid insights that float up from its danger files and ancient bag of tricks.

  Diane Ackerman

  Creativity, Ideas, Worry

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• When Christ becomes our central focus, contentment replaces our anxiety as well as our fears and insecurities.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Christian, Anxiety, Insecurity

  Charles R. Swindoll (2010). “Laugh Again Hope Again: Two Books to Inspire a Joy-Filled Life”, p.41, Thomas Nelson Inc

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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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• Focus and simplicity...once you get there, you can move mountains.

  Steve Jobs

  Life Lesson, Moving, Simple

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• Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself.

  Mark Twain

  Dream, Doubt, Desire

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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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• Focus on your potential instead of your limitations.

  Alan Loy McGinnis

  Motivational, Positive, Gymnastics

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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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• ‎The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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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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• Our thoughts create our reality - where we put our focus is the direction we tend to go.

  Peter McWilliams

  Reality, Focus And Concentration, Our Thoughts

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• Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.

  Colin Powell

  Mirrors, Perspective, Car

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• To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.

  Giorgio Armani

  Life Changing, Details, Mindset

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• Attention is the most powerful tool of the human spirit. We can enhance or augment our attention with practices like meditation and exercise, diffuse it with technologies like email and Blackberries, or alter it with pharmaceuticals. In the end, though, we are fully responsible for how we choose to use this extraordinary tool.

  Linda Stone

  Powerful, Exercise, Technology

  "Fine Dining with Mobile Devices" by Linda Stone, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 9, 2008.

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• Problem talk creates problems, Solution talk creates solutions.

  Steve de Shazer

  Talking, Psychology, Relationship Problem

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• Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do.

  John Carmack

  Inspirational, Matter, Choose Wisely

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• That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

  Steve Jobs

  Change, Inspiring, Life Changing

  "The 13 Most Memorable Quotes From Steve Jobs" by Dylan Love, www.businessinsider.com. October 5, 2011.

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• Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Encouragement

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Nov 05, 2013

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• Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and my maintaining focus.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Positive, Energy Of Life, Essence

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

  Harry Emerson Fosdick

  Life, Health, Commitment

  Harry Emerson Fosdick (1941). “Living under tension: sermons on Christianity today”

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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 must remain focused on your journey to greatness.

  Les Brown

  Motivational, Success, Business

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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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