Unlock Your Potential: A Collection of Inspirational Focus Quotes

"I do what I do, and I do it well, and focus and take it one moment at a time."

- James Caviezel

"Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short, in all management of human affairs."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus."

- Alexander Graham Bell

"One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular."

- Tony Robbins

"I don’t care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don’t harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there you’re never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants."

- Zig Ziglar

"Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives."

- Tony Robbins

"My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things."

- Bill Gates

"Concentration is the key to economic success."

- Calvin Coolidge

"Focus is a matter of deciding what things you’re not going to do."

- John Carmack

"Good performance is about the capacity to focus and concentrate."

- Betty Buckley

"It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality."

- Og Mandino

"The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything."

- Lee Iacocca

"The ability to focus is a defining characteristic of successful individuals."

- Brian Tracy

"Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary."

- Ray Knight

"Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort."

- Paul J. Meyer

"It’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important."

- Steve Jobs

"You have to say no to a lot of good things in order to be able to say yes to a lot of great things."

- Steve Jobs

"The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything."

- Warren Buffett

"People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things."

- Steve Jobs

"For a person to become deeply involved in any activity it is essential that he knows precisely what tasks he must accomplish, moment by moment."

- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

"Focus is about saying no. And the result of that focus is going to be some really great products where the total is much greater than the sum of the parts."

- Steve Jobs

"Concentrated attention is the collection of units of power on a chosen point of intention."

- James Arthur Ray

"The more focused you are, the more successful you will be."

- Tony Robbins

"I just want to focus on one thing at a time."

- Josh Silver

"A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power."

- Brian Tracy

"Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life."

- Jim Collins

"A business leader has to keep their organization focused on the mission. That sounds easy, but it can be tremendously challenging in today’s competitive and ever-changing business environment. A leader also has to motivate potential partners to join."

- Meg Whitman

"A corporation is a living organism; it has to continue to shed its skin. Methods have to change. Focus has to change. Values have to change. The sum total of those changes is transformation."

- Andrew Grove

"A major stimulant to creative thinking is focused questions. There is something about a well-worded question that often penetrates to the heart of the matter and triggers new ideas and insights."

- Brian Tracy

"Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it."

- Greg Anderson

"If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up."

- J.M. Power

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."

- William James

"Juggling, multitasking, and other forms of “attention shifting” are highly inefficient. Simply, the brain works much faster and more accurately when attention is focused, for a stretch of time, on one thing at a time."

- Harvard Business Review

"The mind is like water. When it’s turbulent, it’s challenging to see. When it’s calm, everything becomes clear."

- Inspired by Prasad Mahes

"Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort."

- Edward de Bono

"Simplicity of approach is always best."

- Charlie Chaplin

"You can do anything—but not everything."

- David Allen

"The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes."

- Tony Blair

"Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do."

- Steve Jobs

"Time and energy are limited. Any successful person has to decide what to do in part by deciding what not to do."

- Angela Duckworth

"It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential."

- Bruce Lee

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."

- Will Durant

"A man should never be appointed into a managerial position if his vision focuses on people’s weaknesses rather than on their strengths."

- Peter Drucker

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."

- Buddha

"Do whatever you do intensely."

- Robert Henri

"Focus on simplicity… once you get there, you can move mountains."

- Steve Jobs

"Always remember, your focus determines your reality."

- George Lucas

"Most people fail in life because they major in minor things."

- Tony Robbins

"Our focus is our future, and what we focus on will multiply in our life."

- David DeNotaris

"What you focus on grows, what you think about expands, and what you dwell upon determines your destiny."

- Robin Sharma

"Where your attention goes, your time goes."

- Idowu Koyenikan

"You don’t get results by focusing on results. You get results by focusing on the actions that produce results."

- Mike Hawkins

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

- Zig Ziglar

"Concentration can be cultivated. One can learn to exercise will power, discipline one’s body and train one’s mind."

- Anil Ambani

"Discovering what you really want saves you endless confusion and wasted energy."

- Stuart Wilde

"Do it! People who succeed don’t just sit and think about what they want to do. They take meaningful, purposeful, directional action consistently and persistently. Every step they take puts them toward the outcome they’re looking for."

- Dr.Phil

"Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer."

- Denis Waitley

"Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems."

- Anthony J. D'Angelo

"Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind."

- Nicholas Sparks

"Focus on giving smiles away and you will always discover that your own smiles will always be in great supply."

- Joyce Meyer

"Focus on remedies, not faults."

- Jack Nicklaus

"Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy."

- Denis Waitley

"I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It’s important not to focus on yourself too much."

- Nicole Kidman

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."

- Bruce Lee

"I finally learned to live in the present and focus only on what I want rather than what I don’t want."

- Darren L. Johnson

"I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe."

- Dalai Lama

"I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I’ve learned to trust my own instincts and I’ve also learned to take risks."

- Sue Grafton

"Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change – focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can."

- Joy Page

"Instead of focusing on the world’s problems, give your attraction and energy to trust, love, abundance, education, and peace."

- Rhonda Byrne

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."

- Aristotle

"It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people; to focus your energies on answers – not excuses."

- William Arthur Ward

"Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive."

- Matt Cameron

"My focus is not on solving nature’s deeper mysteries. It is on using nature’s deeper mysteries to solve important societal problems."

- Philip Emeagwali

"My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh."

- Jim Carrey

"My sole focus as far back as I can remember was all about my dream to become a singer."

- Sheena Easton

"One of the keys to thinking big is total focus. I think of it almost as a controlled neurosis, which is a quality I’ve noticed in many highly successful entrepreneurs."

- Donald Trump

"One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am."

- Michelle Obama

"Organize as much as possible around teams, to achieve enhanced focus, task orientation, innovativeness, and individual commitment."

- Tom Peters

"Our thoughts create our reality – where we put our focus is the direction we tend to go."

- Peter McWilliams

"The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention."

- Alan Watts

"The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear."

- Brian Tracy

"Where focus goes, energy flows. And where energy flows, whatever you’re focusing on grows."

- Tony Robbins

"Along with a strong belief in your own inner voice, you also need laser-like focus combined with unwavering determination."

- Larry Flynt

"Are your thoughts worthy of you? If not – NOW is the time to change them. You can begin right where you are right now. Nothing matters but this moment and what you are focusing your attention on."

- Rhonda Byrne

"As you become more clear about who you really are, you’ll be better able to decide what is best for you – the first time around."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Be dramatically willing to focus on the customer at all costs, even at the cost of obsoleting your own stuff."

- Scott Cook

"Champions get what they want because they know what they want. They have a vision that keeps them motivated and efficiently on track. They see it, feel it, and experience it in their minds and hearts. What is success for you? You won’t get there without knowing what it feels and looks like."

- Dr.Phil

"But when you’re beginning, you should try to focus on something you love and your own way of doing things."

- Jerry Harrison

"Multitasking takes a toll. At home or at work, distractions lead to poor choices, painful mistakes, and unnecessary stress."

- Gary Keller

"You shouldn’t focus on why you can’t do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions."

- Steve Case

"Your current conditions do not reflect your ultimate potential, but rather the size and quality of goals upon which you currently are focusing."

- Tony Robbins

"When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance."

- Joel Osteen

"The concept of always being reachable makes us present nowhere."

- Peter Arvai

"90% of every art form is garbage – dance and stand-up, painting and music. Focus on the 10% that’s good, suck it up, and drive on."

- Patton Oswalt

"Act the part and you will become the part."

- William James

"The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!"

- Marvin Phillips

"Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow."

- Aesop

"Doing less is often harder than doing more."

- Inspired by Carolyn Rubenstein

"To attract money, you must focus on wealth. It is impossible to bring more money into your life when you are noticing you do not have enough."

- Rhonda Byrne

"When you do not know how to focus your thoughts effectively, they can become scattered, miscellaneous, and fixated on 'stuff'-negative notions, toxic relationships, and situations from the past."

- Darren L. Johnson

"To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail."

- Giorgio Armani

"Whenever your mind is totally absorbed in whatever activities you are performing, your mind will remain calm and content."

- Chin-Ning Chu

"When exercising, be sure to focus your attention on what you are doing."

- Lee Haney

"Focus on being productive instead of busy."

- Tim Ferriss

"You have got to have discipline and focus – on the customer and how you run the business."

- Jim Cantalupo

"You must stay focused on the end result to achieve your goals."

- Catherine Pulsifer

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success."

- Albert Schweitzer

"What I’ve learned in these 11 years is you just got to stay focused and believe in yourself and trust your own ability and judgment."

- Mark Cuban

"Strength grows in the moments when you think you can’t go on, but you keep going anyway."

- Ed Mylett

"The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus."

"You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."

"In the world of achievement, focus is your most valuable asset. Use it wisely."

"Distractions are the enemy of progress. Choose focus, and conquer your goals."

"Your potential is unlocked through the door of concentrated effort. Keep it locked on your goals."

"A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it."

"A focused mind is a powerful force. Channel it towards your ambitions."

"You can’t do big things if you’re distracted by small things."

"Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them."