Focus Quotes - Page 18

• Focus does not mean saying yes, it means saying no.

  Steve Jobs

  Mean, Saying Yes, Doe

  "Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011" by Steven Levy, www.wired.com. October 5, 2011.

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• What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating. I didn't really know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down. I was a very public failure.

  Steve Jobs

  Entrepreneur, Adults, Generations

  "'You've Got to Find What You Love,' Jobs Says". Commencement address at Stanford, news.stanford.edu. June 12, 2005.

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• Focus on stillness, rather than on movement

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Movement, Stillness

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• Your most important tasks and priorities are those that can have the most serious consequences, positive or negative, on your life or work. Focus on these above all.

  Brian Tracy

  Priorities, Important, Negative

  Brian Tracy (2008). “Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time”, p.120, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Whatever happens to me during the course of my life - physically, socially, or financially - I can always choose to focus on giving.  When I'm in that state, nothing else matters.  I cease to exist as a separate being and merge into an expression of divine oneness.

  Steve Pavlina

  Expression, Oneness, Giving

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• My claim is that we should focus on the values of liberty... If there is not government to insist on those values, then who? ... The single unifying force should be that we govern ourselves.

  Lawrence Lessig

  Government, Liberty, Claims

  "Domain games: Internet leaves the U.S. nest" by Elinor Mills, cnn.com. October 16, 1998.

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• I'm not promoting myself as the next great American driver, as some people are describing me. If that's what people want to call me, fine. But I've got more important things to focus on.

  Buddy Rice

  People, Important, Want

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• Most of my work for the past 25 years has been devoted to organizing demonstrations, benefits and campaigns, many of which have had the effect of bringing a policy debate to public focus or moving a political agenda forward. It's become a cliché to say 'think globally and act locally,' but it works.

  Peter Yarrow

  Moving, Past, Thinking

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• My life is parallel to a horse race. They have blinders on to keep them from being distracted in the race and keep them focused on winning the race. That's kind of like my life. Focus on the goal, not the things coming at me from the side.

  Reggie Bush

  Horse, Winning, Race

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• I try to focus on practice. This is work time. This is where we work, this is our office. I try not to let it distract me too much.

  Reggie Bush

  Practice, Office, Trying

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• My main focus off the court is to be humble. My mom always told me to be a presentable young man. I'm not going to pretend to be something that I'm not and act a certain way for people. I plan on being myself. I like having a good time, but I still carry myself in an orderly fashion.

  Eli Manning

  Mom, Fashion, Humble

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• I think there's a need for somewhat of a mindset change. We need to have a consistent external focus. We've always had the research labs. We've always had the resources to be innovative, and we've been innovative in a number of businesses. But, in any big company, you have to constantly push people to look at markets and customers, rather than look internally at themselves.

  Jeffrey R. Immelt

  Thinking, Numbers, People

  "Online Extra: Jeff Immelt on Taking 'Swings'". Interview with Diane Brady, www.bloomberg.com. March 28, 2005.

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• I used to focus more on scoring. Now I take a lot of pride and pleasure in helping someone else do well.

  Landon Donovan

  Pride, Helping Someone, Pleasure

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• We focus on what we do right, we learn from what we did wrong, we move onto the next day that's what prepares us, that's what makes us strong?

  Andrew McCutchen

  Strong, Moving, Next Day

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• My focus is on a ring, and giving the best individual performance I can.

  Frank Thomas

  Giving, Individual, Rings

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• My focus is to stay up the middle. If I'm a little early I'll hit it to left, if I'm a little late, I'll hit it to right.

  Andruw Jones

  Littles, Middle, Late

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• I used to get down on myself a lot if I missed a shot, and it would just break my focus. But now I stay mentally tough and try to just forget about that play and keep on going.

  Antonio McDyess

  Play, Trying, Tough

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• I just try to focus on the basketball game and not get caught up in all the media.

  Lamar Odom

  Basketball, Media, Games

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• There are always things to improve on. I want to improve on my defense, and you can never be a perfect hitter. I want to focus on just playing more and being able to improve on all parts of my game.

  Mark Teixeira

  Games, Perfect, Defense

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• Don't try to strike everybody out ... stay back and just focus on the catcher's mitt, just throw the ball low in the strike zone.

  Ubaldo Jimenez

  Trying, Balls, Catchers

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• Focus on the moment, not when you are praying with your intellect, but when you are fully experiencing the prayer

  Masami Saionji

  Prayer, Praying, Moments

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• Don't underestimate the value people place on authenticity. Politicians listen to the focus groups and say the things they think people want to hear. But after 30 years of reading consumers, I know that they can smell phonies.

  Rochelle B Lazarus

  Reading, Thinking, Years

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• It has been asserted that there is a separate species on the earth to correspond with each one of the stars. Now if the earth provides in each species a focus for the action of each star, why may not a similar provision be made among other heavenly bodies that are subject to the action of their fellows?

  Nicholas of Cusa

  Stars, Body, Earth

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• One should not focus on the differences between people but look for commonality and similarity.

  Theodore Levitt

  Differences, People, Looks

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• Leave aside your regrets of the past and anxieties of the future
  And focus intelligently on the present.
  This is the best way of ensuring a positive future.

  Chinmayananda Saraswati

  Regret, Past, Anxiety

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