Quotes about Focus

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

The goal of any true resistance is to affect outcomes, not just to vent. And the only way to affect outcomes and thrive in our lives is to find the eye in the hurricane and act from that place of inner strength.

For most of us, the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it. We will just skim our lives instead of actually living them.

It's certain that the thing a man's heart is most taken with and set upon is his God.

All we can do is go about our work. But we can have a goal. We can have a dream.

Those who cannot renounce attachment to the results of their work are far from the path.

Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things.

If you're working with a spreadsheet or a thread of correspondence or a set of data, I'm not sure you're doing your best work if you're doing it on an iPhone.

To set and work toward any goal is an act of courage.

The professional is acutely aware of the intangibles that go into inspiration. Out of respect for them, she lets them work. She grants them their sphere while she concentrates on hers.

There is no shortcut for hard work that leads to effectiveness. You must stay disciplined because most of the work is behind the scenes.

Busy hands achieve more than idle tongues.