Quotes on Concentration

You can't lose your concentration at all. And there are times when you're on the stage, and you've got silence, which is wonderful, but you have to have the confidence to make you realize it's fine. You can't suddenly wobble and think, 'They're not interested.'

In many ways, my life has begun before I was born. It began in the moment my mother Malka walked out of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.

We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

Attention is the vital thing and there is no tension in attention. It just happens to be a similar word. It's not concentration or straining. Attention has the openness of a young child not yet dominated by the conceptual mind.

If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time.

I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men.

Some people have a mistaken idea that all thoughts disappear through meditation and we enter a state of blankness. There certainly are times of great tranquility when concentration is strong and we have few, if any, thoughts. But other times, we can be flooded with memories, plans or random thinking. It's important not to blame yourself.

Materialism has cast man into such depths that a mighty concentration of forces is necessary to raise him again. He is subject to illnesses of the nervous system which are veritable epidemics of the life of the soul.

Many of us have a mental conception of what a Christian should be, and the lives of the saints become a hindrance to our concentration on God.

One of the worst features about worrying is that it destroys our ability to concentrate. When we worry, our minds jump here and there and everywhere, and we lose all power of decision. However, when we force ourselves to face the worst and accept it mentally, we then eliminate all those vague imaginings and put ourselves in a position in which we are able to concentrate on our problem.

Success comes from curiosity, concentration, perseverance and self criticism.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.

Men have died in torture chambers, on the stake, in concentration camps, in front of firing squads, rather than renounce their convictions. The appeaser renounces his under the pressure of a frown on a vacant face.

There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe.

Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh - over fear...Heroism is the dazzling and glorious concentration of courage.

To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement.

The 7 factors of enlightenment: mindfullness, investigation of mental objects, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration and equanimity.