Quotes on Focus

Satan had two conditions [to his plan]: the first was the denial of agency, and the second, that he would have the honor. In other words, something had to be in it for him. And thus he became the father of lies and selfishness. Taking up one's cross and following the Savior means overcoming selfishness; it is a commitment to serve others. Selfishness is one of the baser human traits, which must be subdued and overcome. We torture our souls when we focus on getting rather than giving.

You cannot change reality, but you can control the manner in which you look at things. Your attitude is under your own control. Weed out the negative and focus on the positive!

If you want to improve your world, then focus your attention on helping others.

There is no continuum for success. Focus on the progress, not the results.

There is no such thing as failure. Mistakes happen in your life to bring into focus more clearly who you really are.

When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important.

If we want to make a change in our lives, we should first focus on our personal attitudes and behaviors.

Words are a lens to focus one's mind.

When we focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed rather than on diagnosing and judging, we discover the depth of our own compassion.

The one and only thing over which you have complete and total control is how you focus your own mind. Luckily, this determines everything else.

Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.

You shouldn't focus on why you can't do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions.

If you call a thing bad you do little, if you call a thing good you do much

If we shall take the good we find, asking no questions, we shall have heaping measures.

When you see an object, it seems that you see it as an entire thing first, and only afterwards do its details follow on. But for people with autism, the details jump straight out at us first of all, and then only gradually, detail by detail, does the whole image float up into focus.

Bring the mind into sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere. The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought processes and even ordinary thought itself.

It is a fatal mistake to assume that God’s goal for your life is material prosperity or popular success, as the world defines it. The abundant life has nothing to do with material abundance, and faithfulness to God does not guarantee success in a career or even ministry. Never focus on temporary crowns.

Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of kids. They outnumber kids. They vote. They wield resources. That's why my public focus is primarily adults.

You will not be good teachers if you focus only on what you do and not upon who you are.

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.