Power of Focus Quotes

“All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.” ~ Orison Swett Marden

“To follow, without halt, one aim: There’s the secret of success.” ~ Anna Pavlova

“We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.” ~ Epictetus

“When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.” ~ Epictetus, The Art of Living

“A well-defined backup plan is sabotage waiting to happen. Why push through the dip, why take the risk, why blow it all when there’s the comfortable alternative instead? The people who break through usually have nothing to lose, and they almost never have a backup plan.” ~ Seth Godin, Linchpin

“There is an innate capacity for our bodies to bring into being, to the best of their ability, the optimistic scenarios in which we fervently believe.” ~ Anne Harrington

“World-class performance comes by striving for a target just out of reach, but with a vivid awareness of how the gap might be breached. Over time, through constant repetition and deep concentration, the gap will disappear, only for a new target to be created, just out of reach once again.” ~ Matthew Syed

“The practice sessions of aspiring champions have a specific and never-changing purpose: Progress. Every second of every minute of every hour, the goal is to extend one’s mind and body, to push oneself beyond the outer limits of one’s capacities, to engage so deeply in the task that one leaves the training session, literally, a changed person.” ~ Matthew Syed

“When most people practice, they focus on the things they can do effortlessly. Expert practice is different. It entails considerable, specific, and sustained efforts to do something you can’t do well – or even at all. Research across domains shows that it is only by working at what you can’t do that you turn into the expert you want to become.” ~ Ericsson

“Mere experience, if it is not matched by deep concentration, does not translate into excellence.” ~ Matthew Syed

“Worrying about a mistake will usually get you another one just like it.” ~ Gary Mack, Mind Gym

“When you are playing your game right on time, in the present, you perform at your best. Why? Because in the present, there is no pressure. Pressure is created by anxieties about the future and remembered failures from the past.” ~ Gary Mack, Mind Gym

“Whenever you feel yourself growing anxious, breath in energy. Breathe out negativity. Breathe in relaxation. Breathe out stress.” ~ Gary Mack, Mind Gym

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” ~ Henry Ford

“Picture yourself vividly as winning and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success. Great living starts with a picture, held in your imagination, of what you would like to do or be.” ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick

“The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.” ~ Cecil B. De Mille

“Activity is not output.” ~ Andrew Grove

“Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve.” ~ Wilfred Peterson

“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.” ~ Anthony Robbins

“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.” ~ Anthony Robbins