Focus Quotes
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Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.
Daniel Burrus -
Sometimes our preoccupation is on having friends. Perhaps we should focus on being a friend.
Elaine S. Dalton
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You build a program; culture is what makes it go. You have to invest in that culture every single day, and that's my big-picture focus.
Mike McCarthy -
You have to have a dream, whether big or small. Then plan, focus, work hard and be very determined to achieve your goals.
Henry Sy -
Hair brings one’s self-image into focus; it is vanity’s proving ground. Hair is terribly personal, a tangle of mysterious prejudices
Shana Alexander -
I finally learned to live in the present and focus only on what I want rather than what I don't want.
Darren Johnson -
I think unfortunately in this gold rush mentality that we've been in for the last years there has been not enough focus on business model quality. So when push comes to shove, there actually aren't that many great businesses that can go public. Because I think if you're going to thrive as a public company, it presupposes that you make more money than you spend.
Chamath Palihapitiya -
All throughout filming '12 Years a Slave,' there was a focus like no other. Everyone took ownership of this film and gave their all.
Lupita Nyong'o
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There's always darkness around, and if you focus on the darkness, you don't know where to go. But if you direct yourself at the light - there it is! It's right there.
Annie Lennox Eurythmics -
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 -
Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.
Anthony Robbins -
Some days I'm just flipping through the iPod trying to get pumped, some days I don't want to listen to anything and just focus. From game to game from day to day, whatever people do to motivate themselves, they do. I do all kinds of things.
Troy Polamalu -
In America, people focus on the end result; they focus on the star.
Joshua Waitzkin -
Focus group research has created a composite No-Man who resembles no-one anyone has ever met.
Cathy Lewis
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When I first thought about becoming Jane Austen I had to forget about the fear, or at least choose something else to focus on because it was becoming paralysing, I couldn't focus. I felt frightened, not so much by her fans' reaction to my performance but that I would be playing someone who I think is a legend, who I respect and admire so much. I didn't want to fail, so I was putting a lot of pressure on myself.
Anne Hathaway -
Nowadays we have so many things that take our attention - phones, Internet - and perhaps we need to disconnect from those and focus on the immediate world around us and the people that are actually present.
Nicholas Hoult -
I think if a young person is passionate about something specific, he or she should follow their passion. You look at Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, all of these successes in Silicon Valley, these people have had passion in a specific area and have therefore succeeded. College isn't for everyone. If you don't have that passion or that specific focus in mind, I believe you should go to university and get an education.
Tommy Hilfiger -
Sometimes we worry about the things that you know that matter the least and don't focus on the things that matter the most.
Kevin Costner -
The outlook on practice is we really have to prepare harder. We really have to focus harder on everything - we can't slack off. Any slacking off is going to put us behind.
Darrion Scott -
As long as you focus on getting better at one thing a day it accumulates.
Eric Reid
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We focus way too much on the front of our midsection, which, in the process, over-strengthens and draws the torso forward so you end up with shorter-looking abs. Focus on lengthening by working your lower back instead. This will give your midsection a full overhaul.
Harley Pasternak -
You have to focus on the process. You cannot be glued to the results.
Ivan Lendl -
My church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, puts Jesus Christ at the focal point. It's the focus of everything. What I really hope is that people of faith in this country can come together in this election to ensure we elect a president who's going to do what's required to protect this basic principle of our country.
Evan McMullin -
I am an athlete, and I focus more on the issues that concern me: training, perform, eat, sleep.
Caster Semenya