Concentration Quotes

By concentration is meant to know that all dharmas (elements of existence), from the very beginning have no nature of their own. They neither come into nor go out of existence. Because they are caused by illusion and imagination, they exist without real existence. They are only the one mind, whose substance admits no differentiation. Those who hold this view can stop the flow of erroneous thought. This is called concentration. (pg. 398, from "A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy," translated and compiled by Wing Tsit-Chan)

To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement.

Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager.

Specialization, concentration and consistency is the key to outstanding performance... Love your zone!

You must stay focused, concentrating on the work at hand. Consistency makes the rain drops to create holes in the rock.

A man should remove not only unnecessary acts but also unnecessary thoughts for then superfluous activity will not follow.

Mind what you mind. Do not just open the door of your mind to anything at all you don’t want to mind. Mind the things that get closer to your mind and mind your mind!

The conscious mind is intended as a focusing tool, not a storing place.

The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time.

Make it a point to get to the real point, though at some point in time you may not get the point; just keep your focus on the main point and you shall definitely score a point in the end!

If you direct your whole thought to work itself none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.

When I come into a game in the bottom of the ninth bases loaded no one out and a one-run lead ... it takes people off my mind.

While the work or play is on ... don't constantly feel you ought to be doing the other.

This one thing I do ... I press toward the mark.

Speed doesn't matter, Concentration matters.

When your drive is moving your purpose, focus must hold the wheels else your might miss the way. And do you know what that means? Avoid Crash!!!. Stay focused!

No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused dedicated disciplined.

Beware of dissipating your powers strive constantly to concentrate them.

The complete recipe for imagination is absolute boredom.

Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as the capacity of your mind to be calm and stable. Without calmness, the mirror of mindfulness will have an agitated and choppy surface and will not be able to reflect things with any accuracy.

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.

My memories of my time in high altitude astronomy indicate that there were no oxygen concentration monitors or alarms in the areas that liquid nitrogen was in use at the high altitude astronomical facilities where I had worked.

Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them.

Leadership is about focus and concentrations. To be in focus, choose a clear direction. To concentrate, remain in that direction!

Give me a man who says this one thing I do and not these fifty things I dabble in.

If you will be deep enough to concentrate and study or rehearse anything, the world will bow in honor to you.

Begin to think of how you could maximize the time you have through hard work and through concentration.

The two seem, at first glance, to be opposed, but when you have advanced a little in both, you find that concentration learned in Yoga is of immense use in attaining the mental powers necessary in Magick; on the other hand, the discipline of Magick is of the greatest service in Yoga.

It is only when I dally with what I am about look back and aside instead of keeping my eyes straight forward that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart.

Concentration is everything. On the day I'm performing I don't hear anything anyone says to me.

Whatever is difficult can be done with regular attention and actions. Stay focused.

One arrow does not bring down two birds.

To practice with an end in view is to have one eye on the practice and the other on the end, which is lack of concentration, lack of sincerity.

You must learn focus and concentration for you to enjoy solitude.

One thought driven home is better than three left on base.

Other people's interruptions of your work are relatively insignificant compared with the countless times you interrupt yourself.

The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources and what it takes to match them to the challenge.

A self-leader cries for no followers by himself. He does his thing and people get to know him, chase him and learn from him.

And since nothing whatever happens to us outside our own brain; since nothing hurt us or gives us pleasure except within the brain, the supreme importance of being able to control what goes on in that mysterious brain is patent.

If you really want to focus on something, says Castellanos, the optimum amount of time to spend on it is ninety minutes. "Then change tasks. And watch out for interruptions once you're really concentrating, because it will take you twenty minutes to recover.

...Learn to concentrate, to give all your attention to the thing at hand, and then to be able to put it aside and go on to the next thing without confusion. My husband said that being President of the United States meant that you saw more kinds of people, took up more subjects, and learn more about a variety of things than anyone else. But it required complete concentration on the person you were with and on what he was saying. When that person left the room, you pulled down a shade in your mind, and you were ready, with your attention free, for what the next person had to say. You might have to shift from banking to forestry, but each subject had the attention and concentration it required and each, in turn, was put in the back of the mind, ready to be called upon when needed.

Many people who wonder why they don't amount to more than they do have good stuff in them and are energetic persevering and have ample opportunities. It is all a case of trimming the useless branches and throwing the whole force of power into the development of something that counts.

Getting to the top should be a priority, but being aware of the reason for getting there should be the focus!

Nothing, save the hangman's noose, concentrates the mind like piles of cash.

If you don't concentrate you'll end up on your rear.

Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.

All good is gained by those whose thought and life are kept pointed close to one main thing not scattered abroad upon a thousand.

Step into the future with focus knowing that the only way to kill your dream is trying to find another.

One man two loves. No good ever comes of that.

INTEREST. Here is the key to the whole thing. If and when you are truly interested in what you are doing, or are about to do, then you will center your attention on it with little or no effort, and almost irrespective of the attendant conditions.

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.

The binding factor between knowing something and doing it is "passion". When your passion is concentrated in what you know, your work output will bind well.

You can't ring the bells and at the same time walk in the procession.

The real essence of work is concentrated energy.

You can set your mind to anything, just keep concentrating.

If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat. Alone with the cat in the room where you work ... the cat will invariably get up on your desk and settle placidly under the desk lamp ... The cat will settle down and be serene, with a serenity that passes all understanding. And the tranquility of the cat will gradually come to affect you, sitting there at your desk, so that all the excitable qualities that impede your concentration compose themselves and give your mind back the self-command it has lost. You need not watch the cat all the time. Its presence alone is enough. The effect of a cat on your concentration is remarkable, very mysterious.

All our focus and strength must be concentrated on striving to fulfill the will of God for our lives

The first law of success ... is concentration: to bend all the energies to one point and to go directly to that point looking neither to the right nor the left.

If you want to hit a bird on the wing you must have all your will in focus you must not be thinking about yourself and equally you must not be thinking about your neighbor: you must be living in your eye on that bird. Every achievement is a bird on the wing.