Focus Quotes

"It isn’t what you do, but how you do it."

- John Wooden

"Successful people don’t waste their time looking at what others are doing, they’re too busy focusing on their own goals"

- Joel Osteen

"The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do"

- Michael Porter

"I've learned a lot about the process. I had no idea how the balls got from the officials locker room down on the field and so forth and so on and all of that. That's not something I have ever thought or concerned myself about [on] game day. I've concerned myself with preparing and coaching the team."

- Bill Belichick

"I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back."

- Ann Richards

"I know what to do and I go and execute"

- Usain Bolt

"Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four-hour days."

- Zig Ziglar

"Multitasking is overrated — I’d rather do one thing well than many things badly. Quality supersedes quantity every time."

- Stewart Stafford

"The irony of multitasking is that it’s exhausting: when you’re doing two or three things simultaneously, you use more energy than the sum of energy required to do each task independently. You’re also cheating yourself because you’re not doing anything excellently."

- Twyla Tharp

"To do two things at once is to do neither."

- Publius Syrus

"Multitasking is like constantly pulling up a plant. This kind of constant shifting of your attention means that new ideas and concepts have no chance to take root and flourish."

- Barbara Oakley

"Multitasking divides your attention and leads to confusion and weakened focus."

- Deepak Chopra

"Multitasking arises out of distraction itself."

- Marilyn vos Savant

"You can do two things at once, but you can’t focus effectively on two things at once."

- Gary Keller

"Multitasking, when it comes to paying attention, is a myth."

- John Medina

"'What if?' statements throw fuel on the fire of stress and worry. Things can go in a million different directions, and the more time you spend worrying about the possibilities, the less time you’ll spend focusing on taking action that will calm you down and keep your stress under control."

- Travis Bradberry

"Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear."

- Tony Robbins

"Clarity precedes success."

- Robin Sharma

"Focus is the gateway to all thinking."

- Daniel Goleman

"Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts."

- Luc de Clapiers

"Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something."

- Ralph Marston

"Ignore the naysayers. Really the only option is head down and focus on the job."

- Chris Pine

"The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention."

- Sharon Salzberg

"I don't have time to think about bad things, I'm always looking forward. Focusing on the positive, not the negative."

- Jameis Winston

"The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time."

- Henry Ford

"Success demands singleness of purpose."

- Vince Lombardi

"Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off of the goal."

- Vince Lombardi

"Everything starts with the customer."

- Lou Gerstner

"Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear"

"Building a successful business means being able to navigate change and uncertainty without losing focus on your mission."