Focus Quotes

"Every day you are trying to find more of what you're capable of."

"Denial is the ultimate comfort zone."

"Pain unlocks a secret doorway in the mind, one that leads to both peak performance, and beautiful silence."

"I’m not crazy. I’m just not you."

"The most important conversation is the one you have with yourself."

"Don't focus on what you think you deserve. Take aim on what you are willing to earn."

"Focus on the 20% of activities that drive 80% of the results. Scaling is about ruthlessly eliminating the rest."

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."

"The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times."

"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."

"A great artist is always obsessed."

"I believe in the power of the singular focus. One goal, one obsession."

"Obsession is just another word for the kind of focus that makes people uncomfortable."

"If you don't have a certain monomania, you won't make it."

"When you are obsessed, the world disappears and only the object of your focus remains."

"The amateur tweets. The pro works."

"If you don't prioritize your life, someone else will."

"Focus on what you can change. Let go of what you can't. That is the essence of enduring any trial."

"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new."

"The best possible way to prepare for tomorrow is to concentrate with all your intelligence, all your enthusiasm, on doing today's work superbly today."

"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."

"Deep work is easier when the rest of the world is still asleep."

"I force myself to get up early so I can have the house to myself before the chaos starts."

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

"You don’t set out to build a wall. You don't say 'I'm going to build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall that's ever been built.' You don't start there. You say, 'I'm going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid.'"

"Small, deep sessions of work are more valuable than long, shallow ones."

"The biggest secret to success is to eat that frog, one bite at a time."

"The process is about finishing. Finishing that workout, finishing that book, finishing that conversation."

"Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task."

"There are no silver bullets for this, only lead bullets."

"The most important thing I learned as an entrepreneur was to focus on what I needed to get right and stop worrying about all the things that I did wrong or might do wrong."

"There is no secret to being a successful CEO. But if there is one skill that stands out, it’s the ability to focus and make the best move when there are no good moves."