Focus

(242 votes)   Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.

Marcus Aurelius
121-80 AD, Roman Emperor, Philosopher

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(120 votes)   Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.

Barbara De Angelis
American Expert on Relationship & Love, Author

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(112 votes)   The human mind is not rich enough to drive many horses abreast and wants one general scheme, under which it strives to bring everything.

George Santayana
1863-1952, American Philosopher, Poet

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(89 votes)   The only prudence in life is concentration.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist

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(85 votes)   Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short, in all the management of human affairs.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist

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(79 votes)   When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Samuel Johnson
1709-1784, British Author

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(78 votes)   Often he who does too much does too little.

Italian Proverbs
Sayings of Italian Origin

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(72 votes)   A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Friedrich Nietzsche
1844-1900, German Philosopher

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(66 votes)   Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor.

Samuel Johnson
1709-1784, British Author

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(65 votes)   Don't dissipate your powers; strive to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it will surely repent of every ill-judged outlay.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist

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(61 votes)   No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated and disciplined.

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(58 votes)   The first rule of focus is ''Wherever you are be there.''

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(56 votes)   To me, the definition of focus is knowing exactly where you want to be today, next week, next month, next year, then never deviating from your plan. Once you can see, touch and feel your objective, all you have to do is pull back and put all your strength behind it, and you'll hit your target every time.

Bruce Jenner
1949-, American Olympian, Actor, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Sports Commentator

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(54 votes)   Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader.

Paul J. Meyer
American Businessman, Author, Motivator

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(51 votes)   In trying to defend everything he defended nothing.

(Frederick II) Frederick The Great
1712-1786, Born in Berlin, King of Prussia (1740-1786),

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