Quotes about Concentration
The way to focus our minds in prayer, therefore, is to picture mentally the one to whom we pray and the matter about which we pray.
- Gregory Boyd
The lesson I learned is that sometimes the task you have at hand needs all of your concentration and focus.
- Damian Lewis
It is useless endeavor to fight the ego in the open; like a wounded hydra, it produces two heads for every one cut off. We must not indulge in self-scrutinization; we must not concentrate upon the problem of egocentricity. The way to purify the self is to avoid dwelling upon the self and to concentrate upon the task.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
The essence of chastity is not the suppression of lust, but the total orientation of one's life towards a goal. Without such a goal, chastity is bound to become ridiculous. Chastity is the sine qua non of lucidity and concentration.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Culturally it means a return from the newspaper and the radio to the book, from feverish activity to unhurried leisure, from dispersion to concentration, from sensationalism to reflection, from virtuosity to art, from snobbery to modesty, from extravagance to moderation.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Whatever you focus upon, increases.
- Andy Andrews
When you focus on the things you need," he went on to explain, "you'll find those needs increasing. If you concentrate your thoughts on what you don't have, you will soon be concentrating on other things that you had forgotten you don't have — and feel worse! If you set your mind on loss, you are more likely to lose … But a grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person's life.
- Andy Andrews
With this approach, every message should have one central idea, application, insight, or principle that serves as the glue to hold the other parts together.
- Andy Stanley
If anything has kept me on track all these years, it's being skewered to this principle of central focus. There are many things I can do, but I have to narrow it down to the one thing I must do. The secret of concentration is elimination. (emphasis added) As you evaluate your current leadership environment and responsibilities, what do you see that needs to be eliminated? What needs to be delegated? What would it "not be right" for you to continue doing?
- Andy Stanley
Wherever you are - be all there.
- Jim Elliot
There is a need to be the best you can be. You can't panic; you concentrate. When I run up to the hurdles, I'm very nervous, but I'll tend to think about technical things to keep my mind focused.
- Jessica Ennis-Hill
But, I nearly forgot, you must close your eyes otherwise you won't see anything
- Lewis Carroll