Concentrate Quotes - page 10

I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I can concentrate on writing. My small theory is that to write for three hours, you need to feel like you have three days. To write for three days, you need to feel like you've got three weeks, and so on. (Markus Zusak)
When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show. View quote
Marlee Matlin
Concentrate ... for the greatest achievements are reserved for the man of single aim, in whom no rival powers divide the empire of the soul. View quote
Orison Swett Marden
If I just concentrate I can walk into memory's store and find the right shelf with the right film and disappear into it. View quote
Per Petterson
Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems. View quote
Paul J. Meyer
The older Nico got, the more juvenile Percy seemed to him, though Percy was three years older. Nico found his sense of humour equal parts endearing and annoying. He decided to concentrate on the annoying. View quote
Rick Riordan
If we want to overcome fear, we must mentally deny fear and concentrate on the opposite quality, courage. The positive always overcomes the negative. The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war. View quote
Vishnudevananda Saraswati
It's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that really matter. View quote
Scott Belsky
If you don't concentrate on counting the money, people soon realize that money is not the focus of your consciousness, so they give you everything other than money: kudos, acclaim, praise, etc., etc. And sooner or later you'll be in trouble. View quote
Stuart Wilde
Uribe and I have very good relations. I owe him loyalty, I admire him, he did great things for our country, and I think that because of what he did, I can now concentrate on different issues, different from what he concentrated on. View quote
Juan Manuel Santos
You know what the problem that animal activists sometimes have? They only concentrate on the heartbreaking things to the point where the general public thinks, 'Oh, here comes those animal folks again and I'm going to hear all the things I don't want to hear.' (Betty White)
Concentrate on the wonders and joys of this life, and accept the very best which is your true heritage. It is not being an ostrich, afraid of life and not facing it. It is seeing the reality of this glorious life which is yours, and in doing so, helping to bring it about. The more clearly you can see it, the more quickly will it come about. View quote
Eileen Caddy
I've found that I snack less and concentrate better when I chew on a plastic stirrer - the kind that you get to stir your to-go coffee. I picked up this habit from my husband, who loves to chew on things. His favorite chew-toy is a plastic pen top, and gnawed pen tops and little bits of plastic litter our apartment. View quote
Gretchen Rubin
Especially for fostering creative, conceptual work, the best way to use money as a motivator is to take the issue of money off the table so people concentrate on the work. View quote
Daniel H. Pink
I still find it absurdly difficult to concentrate on a novel if there's a phone or computer to hand; I have taken to locking them outside the room like noisy pets. View quote
David Nicholls
I can't... I find that I can't concentrate. On anything. I can't really...” Rhage's eyes drifted to Zsadist. "How do you live with it? All the anger. The pain. The... View quote
J.R. Ward
Don't dwell on the problem; concentrate on the solution. View quote
Jeffrey Gitomer
If I was a criminal, stationery stores and bakeries would be the two kinds of places I would concentrate on. View quote
John Turturro
Attention is the key to life. Whatever you really give your attention to, you become. Whatever you really concentrate upon will come into your life. We grow into the thing that fills our thoughts as inevitably as the stream merges into the ocean at last. View quote
Emmet Fox
Most people who have a problem concentrate on the problem. They take it to bed with them and stay awake all night thinking it over. Let go of that problem. Rise above it in consciousness. View quote
Emmet Fox
We take for granted that we need to take showers, clean our house, and wash our clothes. Yet the mind and its thoughts need cleansing and ordering as much as our bodies. While few of us would consider eating dinner on yesterday's dirty dishes, we think nothing of tackling our problems with yesterdays cluttered minds.... The purpose to any meditation technique is to move beyond the normal contents of our consciousness, empty your mind of its habitual chatter, and concentrate your attention for the purpose of experiencing a higher state. (Anodea Judith)
What we think about, what we concentrate on, will always, always, be reflected on the outside. View quote
Alyson Noel
Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. But while I do, of course, now feel the pressure having had books that have been very successful, I just know I have to concentrate on writing for myself. I can't worry about genres or markets or what might be commercial or not. That never works. View quote
Kate Morton
The Cosby years were a major part of my life, but it is the past; I don't really concentrate on it. View quote
Lisa Bonet
I don't worry about the last shot or the next shot. I concentrate. Every shot gets a clean slate. And when a shot is over, I wipe it out absolutely. Tell a joke or something. If you worry about how you looked, how well you did, you'll go insane. View quote
Michael Caine