1. Never confuse motion with action.-Benjamin Franklin
2. Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.-Zig Ziglar
3. The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.-Brian Tracy
4. Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.-Alexander Graham Bell
5. Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.-Tony Robbins
6. Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
7. The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.-Ben Stein
8. Decide upon your major definite purpose in life and then organize all your activities around it.-Brian Tracy
9. Keep focused on the substantive issues. To make a decision means having to go through one door and closing all others.-Abraham Zaleznik
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10. Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, ‘Is this necessary”-Marcus Aurelius
11. If you focus on the possible when you experience difficult situations, YOU CAN positively change your outlook, reduce your stress, and concentrate on achieving things that otherwise may not have been possible.-Catherine Pulsifer
12. To focus means to bring your attention to the center, to concentrate on one thing intently in order to gain clarity.-Cheryl Richardson
13. It was better to focus on the good and what we had than to focus on what we had lost and were losing.-Paul And Tracey Mcmanus
14. The inability to prioritize and focus also contributes to procrastination.-Romuald Andrade
15. Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.-Anthony Robbins
16. A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.-Brian Tracy
17. All that we are is the result of what we have thought.-Buddha
18. Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.-Aesop
19. Do whatever you do intensely.-Robert Henri
20. The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.-Bruce Lee
21. Be occupied, then, with what you really value and let the thief take something else.-Mevlana Rumi
22. It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?-Henry David Thoreau
23. To be everywhere is to be nowhere.-Seneca
24. Some of the steps you take may end up being detours or out-and-out mistakes. By staying focused on your vision, though, you’ll find even those steps useful in the creating process.-David Emerald
25. It’s important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a time.-Russell Simmons
26. An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.-Neils Bohr
27. We ve got to remember that we get whatever we focus on in life. If we keep focusing on what we don t want, we ll have more of it. The first step to creating any change is deciding what you do want so that you have something to move toward.-Anthony Robbins
28. Getting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the world? Focus on your main duty-Epictetus
29. When you focus not on what you want, but on what you have, you end up getting more of what you want anyway.-Richard Carlson