Focus Quotes

We get what we focus on consistently.

My focus on 9/11 was on the victims - in the towers, in the planes - and all that loss.

My focus is always on the conditions that create social problems, not just a particular person.

Hovering near panic, trying to focus but finding it hard to open my eyes. My heart was pounding. I couldn’t get enough air, and I couldn’t find the desire to push her away

Do not slip into writing for the mind and the mind alone. In other words, do not play merely upon our ability to reason. And do not focus only on visuals. Write for the whole person.

I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom.

Why focus on what somebody might think? Nobody talks [on TV] like people really talk most of the time.

I love doing different things where, for a little while, I can focus on standup then sketch writing, then performing, then directing a video. That, to me, is stimulating.

I tend to focus on what I'm doing at the moment, and that takes up the entire span of my focus.

With all the clever brains in America it would be great to see more investment and focus on this essential research!

On the day I'm performing, I don't hear anything anyone says to me.

Martial arts are art forms and require a great deal of discipline and dedication. I so admire people who focus their lives on it, because it's not an easy thing to do.

As the writer, I may choose to ignore the emotional heart of the matter, and focus on details, and trust that the heart of the matter will be conveyed nevertheless.

The times I've been most successful have been the product of hard work and focus, but there's also been an ease and flow to it that's unmistakable.

I come to work on time. I focus on my job. I bust my scenes out and everything else kind of happens from there.

If you innovate broadly, focus on the customer experience, and deliver everyday a great product, you will gain share.

I would never put a sculpture in front of a painting, so that it is difficult to see the painting. I always place each thing so you can see it isolated. You can focus on every individual work.

It was really a focus on how to in some ways keep moving in this direction towards something that allowed me to express myself in a way that sports didn't.

That will be my focus: building a culture that moves away from militarism.

For any alliance to work, the focus must remain on solving specific problems.

I'm my own worst critic, so I try and not focus on what I've done wrong, or what I could improve on.

I could sit there and eat pasta all day long and not worry about it when I was younger, and now I really have to focus on making sure I set a good example for my kids.

He does have that weird mixture of born again Christian and stupid that some people mistake for courage and focus.

I do think we lost some of the focus on the attacks in San Bernardino and focused on a plan that isn't really a plan and is never going to happen.

Do not focus on being happy, focus on doing something useful; afterwards, happiness will flow towards you!

Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas of life on earth.

All any filmmaker can do is focus on creating something that has depth and resonance, and then do whatever possible to get it seen by audiences and hope the word spreads.

To be honest, everything in my life outside of tennis is great. I'm doing amazing projects that, if I didn't have time off, I wouldn't be able to focus on.

I focus on the individual and not seeing this great big monster, "the press."

I am in any way glorifying or simplifying prostitution. The reality of prostitutes around the world is so complex. I've tried to focus on the humanity.

The way I'm going now is to focus on peace, to create peace. As Sister Corita said, "I don't go to anti-war rallies. I go to peace rallies."

As you advance in life, different passions can take the front seat, so for me, business is where my primary focus is right now.

I had to focus on some personal areas in my life with the little bit of privacy that I have.

I have a great staff at the church; they protect me and allow me to focus on more of what I do best.

I focus on the words and then I have fun putting together the music after.

I think it is fair to say that the end goal might be a demand yet your focus when building brands should rarely focus on this objective.

I focus more on the spiritual or psychic gains.

The holy days are the best times to focus on real enthusiasm, the inner source that lightens and sanctifies our lives all year.

When making a decision, focus on what feels "shackles off" versus "shackles on".

I find it's better to focus on what's in front of you and to keep putting one foot in front of the other.

Has anyone ever told you that you lack focus?

When we fear punishment, we focus on consequences, not on our own values.

NVC is a reminder; to focus our attention where we are most likely to get our needs met.

The first step in healing is to put the focus on what's alive now, not what happened in the past.

Focus on the moment, not when you are praying with your intellect, but when you are fully experiencing the prayer

Leading a band is fun, but it's not always something I want to continually focus on. I have my toes in a lot of different things.

The last six years have been a lot of coding and focus and hard work. But maybe it would be fun to remember it as partying and all this crazy drama.

It breaks my heart when couples focus more on being wed than being married. Two become one doesn't happen without work, humility, and sacrifice.

For next several years PSU can focus on rebuilding its athletic culture, not worrying about whether it's going to a bowl game.

The only way to survive is to intently focus on how the art world operates. Once you understand how things work, you can find a solution to the problems you are facing.