Focus Quotes - Page 77

If you focus too much on development of the visual angle, it could be a detriment to what you're doing musically.

Companies that only focus on expense reduction are all but dead as they will find themselves sooner or later unable to reduce anymore.

To know John Kennedy, as I did, was to understand the true meaning of the word. He understood that courage is not something to be gauged in a poll or located in a focus group. No adviser can spin it. No historian can backdate it. For, in the age old contest between popularity and principle, only those willing to lose for their convictions are deserving of posterity's approval.

Gymnastics does take great focus and concentration. What I do is look to my coach. He keeps me focused. And I meditate to get myself confident before the competition floor. That helps keep me focused, too.

Often, feelings of sadness, uneasiness, and loneliness are vague and unattached to specific events. This makes it more challenging to find ways to turn you mood around. When you find yourself in a funk, focus on what you're feeling.

Whatever you focus on, you become. That is the key line, you know. Meditation is the bow and concentration is the arrow.

Yoga is a removal of the conscious awareness from the world as you know it - the world that you've constructed - through your focus within your mind, to something else.

Ingnore your thoughts. As you focus more intensely, you may feel as if you are floating.

My particular focus at the moment is on the development of genetic algorithms and neural networks that work together to create computer architectural systems.

Focus on one point and hold your attention there. The mind will waiver, you'll think a million thoughts, but each time you do, bring your mind back to the point of concentration, seeing it visually.

I don't have a belief problem, I have a focusing weakness. I focus on what's loudest instead of what feels best.

We mainly focus on putting music, art, dance, theater, all forms of art, back into the community, so the community can put it into the world.

For me personally, and as a band, there are a lot of challenges. Being in a band is like war, it's a battle - to focus, to really put together something that's formidable and then keeping everything together.

Focus not on what he or she does, but on keeping to your higher purpose. Your own purpose should seek harmony with nature itself. For this is the true road to freedom.

If you start to focus on your opponent then you see so much quality in your opponents and weaknesses in your own side. You start to put doubts in your mind. You need to respect your opponents but that's it, no more.

When you are relaxed, you can focus a lot more easily than when you are hyper and over-energetic. It's important to be "up" for a competition, but you shouldn't have too much energy, because you might not be able to control it. In competitions, it is important to be able to bring the power and energy you are feeling down to a level that you can control. This comes with practice and experience.

Dance gave me a focus so I could survive, and energy so I could have confidence in myself.

There is something beautiful in the mundane if you take enough microscope to it and focus in on something that seems innocuous to begin with.

I'm happy that I can focus on my body a little bit. I'm not happy to get surgery, but I'm happy that I can focus on getting better.

As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others.

When I have a mission, it gives me something to focus on.

Enjoy life's moments. Do not take them for granted, because you never know which one will be the last. Also, seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things will be added unto you. In other words, get your priorities straight; figure out what really matters, and focus on that.

Focus on what's ahead. Use what is behind.

I think the sensible thing would be to focus on one thing and be the best you can be at it. There is always that risk of spreading yourself too thin if you try to do too much.

Words are small shapes in the gorgeous chaos of the world. ... they bring the world into focus, they corral ideas, they hone thoughts, they paint watercolors of perception.