Quotes about Concentration

If you want to hit a bird on the wing you must have all your will in focus, you must not be thinking about yourself and, equally, you must not be thinking about your neighbor: you must be living in your eye on that bird. Every achievement is a bird on the wing.

The difference in men does not lie in the size of their hands, nor in the perfection of their bodies, but in this one sublime ability of concentration: to throw the weight with the blow, to live an eternity in an hour.

The object of concentrating upon a definite aim is to train the mind until it forms the habit of focusing upon that aim.

The mind is crazy thing. To be focused is the most difficult thing.

If you try to do too much, you will not achieve anything.

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

Music for me, it demands full concentration.

Dramatic tension is the real curse of the novel, because it transforms everything, even the most beautiful pages, even the most surprising scenes and observations merely into steps leading to the final resolution, in which the meaning of everything that preceded is concentrated.

Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

Apply the 80/ 20 Rule to everything: Twenty percent of your activities will account for 80 percent of your results. Always concentrate your efforts on that top 20 percent.

Focus on key result areas: Identify those results that you absolutely, positively have to get to do your job well, and work on them all day long.

The ability to concentrate single-mindedly on your most important task, to do it well and to finish it completely, is the key to great success, achievement, respect, status, and happiness in life. This key insight is the heart and soul of this book.