quotations
Search
   HOME | AUTHOR INDEX | SUBJECT INDEX | LINKS | USE OUR QUOTATIONS | CONTRIBUTE QUOTES | FORUM
Quotation of the day
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Daily Quote:
"As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests" (Vidal, Gore - Language)

rss 2.0
Subscribe
Unsubscribe
Send the Quote of the Day to a friend
Proverb of the Day
All that glitters is not gold.
Click here to see/listen to the equivalent proverb in:




Browse Quotations about Concentration

Any individual can be, in time, what he earnestly desires to be, if he but set his face steadfastly in the direction of that one thing and bring all his powers to bear upon its attainment.
As long as I can concentrate and remain somewhat calm, I can normally do very well.
Before water generates steam, it must register 212 of heat; 200 will not do it. The water must boil to generate enough steam to move an engine. Lukewarm water will not run anything. Lukewarmness will not generate life's work.
By concentrating our attention on the effect rather than the causes, we can avoid the laborious, nearly impossible task of trying to detect and deflect the many psychological influences on liking.
Concentrate, play your game, and don't be afraid to win.
Concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket...
Concentrating on the essentials. We will then be accomplishing the greatest possible results with the effort expended.
Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.
Concentration is my motto -- first honesty, then industry, then concentration.
Concentration is the factor that causes the great discrepancy between men and the results they achieve... the difference in their power of calling together all the rays of their ability and concentrating on one point.
Concentration is the key to economic results. No other principles of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of concentration.
Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training. You can't be lackluster in training and concentrate in a meet.
Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time...


Quote: 1-15 of 44 Pages: 1 of 3 next 
View all quotes
Sponsors



Copyright © 2006 WorldQuotations.com. All Rights Reserved.