Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Focus

A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow.
Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Rome, Stoic Philosopher

The successful man is the average man, focused.
Unknown

Rich people focus on what they want, while poor people focus on what they don’t want.
T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author

It is better to excel in any single art than to arrive only at mediocrity in several, so moderate skill in several is to be preferred where one cannot attain to perfection in any.
Pliny the Younger (c.61–c.112 CE) Roman Senator, Writer

The first thing I did was commit to my success and playing to win. I swore I would focus and not even consider leaving this business until I was a millionaire or more. This was radically different from my previous efforts, where, because I always thought short-term, I would constantly get side-tracked by either good opportunities or when things got tough.
T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author

If there is anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in the ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind, till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.
Thomas Reid (1710–96) Scottish Philosopher, Clergyman

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. … Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
Barack Obama (b.1961) American Head of State, Academic, Politician, Author

No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.
Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969) American Baptist Minister

Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not these fifty things I dabble in.
Dwight L. Moody (1837–99) Christian Religious Leader, Publisher

It’s important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a time.
Russell Simmons (b.1957) American Music Promoter

Do whatever you do intensely.
Robert Henri (1865–1929) American Painter, Teacher

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 (b.1951) American Lecturer, Author, TV Personality, Motivational Speaker

One should always think of what one is about: when one is learning, one should not think of play: and when one is at play, one should not think of one’s learning.
Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) English Statesman, Man of Letters

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.
Bruce Lee (1940–73) American Martial Artist, Actor, Philosopher

Decide upon your major definite purpose in life and then organize all your activities around it.
Brian Tracy (b.1944) American Author, Motivational Speaker

Is what I’m doing or about to do getting us closer to our objective?
Robert C. Townsend (1920–98) American Businessman

Don’t dissipate your powers; strive to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it will surely repent of every ill-judged outlay.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John Wooden (1910–2010) American Sportsperson

If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.
Quintilian (c.35–c.100 CE) Roman Rhetorician, Literary Critic

This one thing I do … I press on toward the mark.
The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith

You’re a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.
Terence (c.195–159 BCE) Roman Comic Dramatist

Never confuse motion with action.
Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.
Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German Poet, Dramatist

It is only when I daily with what I am about, look back and aside instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart. But the first broadside puts all to rights.
Walter Scott (1771–1832) Scottish Novelist, Poet, Playwright, Lawyer

Avoid fragmentation: Find your focus and seek simplicity. Purposeful living calls for elegant efficiency and economy of effort—expanding the minimum time and energy necessary to achieve desired goals.
Dan Millman (b.1946) American Children’s Books Writer, Sportsperson

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
Richard Cecil

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them.
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet

The human mind is not rich enough to drive many horses abreast and wants one general scheme, under which it strives to bring everything.
George Santayana (1863–1952) Spanish-American Poet, Philosopher

In my experience, getting rich takes focus, courage, knowledge, expertise, 100 percent of your effort, a never-give-up attitude and of course a rich mind-set.
T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author

Always focus on your effort, instead of the results of that effort.
Russell Simmons (b.1957) American Music Promoter

If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001) American Aviator, Author

The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.
Lady Bird Johnson (1912–2007) First Lady of the United States, Conservationist

To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement.
Bertrand A. Russell (1872–1970) British Philosopher, Mathematician, Social Critic

Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922) Scottish-born American Inventor, Engineer, Academic

I know some people say “Keep your eyes on the prize,” but I disagree. When your eyes are stuck on the prize, you’re going to keep stumbling and crashing into things. If you really want to get ahead, you’ve got to keep your eyes focused on the path.
Russell Simmons (b.1957) American Music Promoter

Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn’t look up. Well, maybe once.
Isaac Asimov (1920–92) Russian-born American Writer, Scientist

Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.
David Frost (1939–2013) English Broadcaster, Writer

To me, the definition of focus is knowing exactly where you want to be today, next week, next month, next year, then never deviating from your plan. Once you can see, touch and feel your objective, all you have to do is pull back and put all your strength behind it, and you’ll hit your target every time.
Bruce Jenner (b.1949) American Sportsperson

It is a process of diverting one’s scattered forces into one powerful channel.
James Lane Allen (1849–1925) American Novelist, Short Story Writer

Think of many things, do only one.
Common Proverb

No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.
Henry Kissinger (b.1923) American Diplomat, Academician

Forget the pain. Learn to endure. Focus your attention elsewhere.
Marlo Morgan (1937–98) American Novelist, Author

Focus on being productive instead of busy.
Tim Ferriss (b.1977) American Self-help Author

The knowledge that we consider knowledge proves itself in action. What we now mean by knowledge is information in action, information focused on results.
Peter Drucker (1909–2005) Austrian-born Management Consultant

Some people see more in a walk around the block than others see in a trip around the world.
Unknown

If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you!
T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author

No man will swim ashore and take his baggage with him.
Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.
Tryon Edwards American Theologian

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?
Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher

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