Focus Quotes

Gratitude is not something idyllic that comes when all good things line up to be counted. Gratitude is there all the time waiting to be focused on.

We all have our own stories. The story you tell about yourself, even if you only tell it to yourself, drives your actions and has a significant impact on your focus.

We are bound to meet wrong things for wrong things are bound to meet us but, when things go wrong, don't be wrong, let things be wrong

Don't let the disappointments of today kill tomorrow's blessings, destroy the negative flashes of pessimism, and focus on the mirror of optimism.

Who can be astonished at anything, when he has once been astonished at the manger and the cross? What is there wonderful left after one has seen the Saviour?

The giving of undue prominence to one fact brings others inexorably on the head of the student to avenge his neglect of them,

Personally, I’m choosing to dwell upon the glory of the kingdom of which I am a part, even though I’m still a witness and sometimes a victim of the junk in ‘this’ world.

The more spiritually aware you become the more you will focus on your own self and less on others.

To have a productive happy life you have to focus on two things: focus on what you want and enjoy what you have.

Adversity is inevitable. Staying positive is optional.

Nothing will change if you worry. Rather it may aggravate negative emotions within you. Don't waste your time worrying.

Challenges are inevitable. Happiness is optional.

Problems are inevitable. Staying in control of your emotions is optional.

Whatever you focus on overwhelms you. Whether that be past or present, friend or foe, love or hate, problem or GOD. Let GOD be your choice of overwhelm.

We all have had our share of broken promises.. Learn from those who do not honor their words and put your focus on "Being Honorable" ~bns

This culture of distraction was nothing new. Christianity was born into one.

One thought fixed upon the mind will be better than 50 thoughts flittering across the ear.

If the Times gave readers far more news, then Lippmann at the Trib made the world seem far more understandable.

I sometimes think that writing is like driving a sheep down the road. If there's any gate open to the left or the right the reader will most certainly go into it.

Relax, refresh and refocus.

Life is simple. It is meant to be lived. Don't over-complicate things. Don't lose your life in the things that don't matter.

Nothing worthwhile ever came from divided attention.

Temperamentally anxious people can have a hard time staying motivated, period, because their intense focus on their worries distracts them from their goals.

You can't get attention of one who focused on himself.

When you fully focus your mind, you make others attracted to you.

Be on guard. The road widens, and many of the detours are seductive.

Sometimes we focus so much on what we don't have that we fail to see, appreciate, and use what we do have!

Find your focus by seeking all that is good in your life.

[T]he success of every novel -- if it's a novel of action -- depends on the high spots. The thing to do is to say to yourself, "What are my big scenes?" and then get every drop of juice out of

Debriefing-style counseling after a trauma often aggravates a victim's stress-related symptoms, for example, and 4 in 10 bereaved people do better without grief therapy.

I am roots in the earth. I am water that flows. I am grounded. I am Watcher.

I wanna be the best in at least one thing in this life.

When you try to persistently abolish hatred, at that very moment...you lose focus on love.

What you focus on expands. So focus on what you want, not what you do not want.

It took greater energy to be able to focus when heardthe voice of wisdom in a hustle bustle than in serenity.

this observation leads Rozin to a stunning conclusion: "Disgust is the basic emotion of civilization.

He had sprung from a rigid Puritan stock, and had been brought up to think much more intently of the duties of this life than of its privileges and pleasures.

What you focus on grows!

Every road leads somewhere. The challenge is to pick the right road and then to stay on it.

A little distraction often helps you come back with sharper focus.

Being in integrity’ only means all your senses are just focusing on that task, in that moment!!!

Where do you live?' is ultimately a sacred question.

It's easy when you're climbing something. Don't look down, or even too far ahead. Focus on where you are in that moment.

We tend not to look at the bigger picture of our lives and instead dwell on the small things that irritate us. When we focus on the bigger picture, those small things fade away.

Think of what is and don't let what might have been distract you.

Life is too short to major the MINOR and MINOR the major. Make the main thing the main thing and the world will make you the MAIN man

Don't accentuate our differences, but instead focus on our similarities.

Focused men are painfully attractive.

Worrying about things you cannot control is folly. Focus only on those few things you have any control over, and your life becomes much simpler.

The secret of concentration is to shut down the other windows.