“The concentration of a small child at play is analogous to the concentration of the artist of any discipline. In real play, which is real concentration, the child is not only outside time, he is outside himself.” ChildrenRealPlayArtistFocusDisciplineConcentrationSmall Child Book:A Circle of Quiet Source: A Circle of Quiet
“I certainly do not adore the writer's discipline. I have lost lovers, endangered friendships, and blundered into eccentricity, impelled by a concentration which usually is to be found only in the minds of people about to be executed in the next half hour.” PeopleMindNextFoundLostHoursHalfLoversDisciplineConcentrationLost LoveAdoreHalf HoursEccentricity Author:Maya Angelou
“If you watch Rafael Nadal play tennis, you can only respond with amazement and great admiration. He is an incredible athlete with so much discipline, so much concentration and someone who likes to put a lot of passion into every point. Words fail to come out of me to describe his game appropriately. I've rarely seen anyone who approaches a ball with so much attention. With such passion and joy that it makes great fun to watch him. With him, you can associate everything that makes tennis so beautiful.” IfsPlayBeautifulJoyPassionGamesFunAttentionWatchesFailingDisciplineApproachBallsIncrediblesAthleteLikesTennisConcentrationAdmirationAssociatesAmazementNadal Author:Steffi Graf
“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.” FirstsLittlesTwoUseHandsSeemsDisciplineYogaConcentrationImmenseGlancesMental Power Author:Aleister Crowley
“Acedia is a danger to anyone whose work requires great concentration and discipline yet is considered by many to be of little practical value. The world doesn't care if I write another word, and if I am to care, I have to summon all my interior motivation and strength.” IfsWorldWritingLittlesCareMotivationValuesDangerDisciplinePracticalsConcentrationInteriors Author:Kathleen Norris
“As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.” IfsSelfDoneParentResponsibilityTeachFocusWonderfulTaughtDisciplineConcentrationSelf Discipline Author:Dick Van Dyke
“I don't think poetry needs to be "easily understandable." First of all, there are often complexities of syntax, form, unfamiliar absences, etc., that require a deeper concentration than is usually demanded of us. So that, right off the bat, is a little difficult. Then there is the deeper issue of what poetry is really asking of us. I feel it is asking us to read with great, even sacred, care and attention. That, too, is difficult. It requires discipline and the creation of a temporary zone of privacy, which is inimical to our current conditions of life.” ThinkingCareDifficultAttentionCreationDisciplineAbsenceComplexityPrivacyZoneConcentrationPoetry IsTemporary Author:Matthew Zapruder
“Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.” FeelingsNaturalPracticeDisciplineOvercomingConcentrationNarcissismArt Of Loving Author:Erich Fromm
“Concentration can be cultivated. One can learn to exercise will power, discipline one's body and train one's mind.” MindBodyChangeLearningFocusHabitDisciplineExerciseTrainConcentrationWillpowerWill PowerConcentratingCultivating Author:Anil Ambani
“To me, this acquirement of nervous, physical, and emotional concentration is the one element possessed to the highest degree by the truly great dancers of the world. Its acquirement is the result of discipline, of energy in the deep sense. That is why there are so few great dancers.” WorldEnergyResultsEmotionalDisciplineDegreesElementsHighestDanceNervousDancerConcentrationPossessed Author:Martha Graham
“Discipline and concentration are a matter of being interested.” MatterSportsFocusDisciplineGolfConcentrationMotivational SportsSelf Discipline Author:Tom Kite
“Like all good things, prayer requires some discipline. Yet I believe that life with God should seem more like friendship than duty. Prayer includes moments of ecstasy and also dullness, mindless distraction and acute concentration, flashes of joy and bouts of irritation. In other words, prayer has features in common with all relationships that matter.” ShouldBelieveMatterMomentsSeemsJoyI BelievePrayerCommonDutyDisciplineGood ThingsFeaturesConcentrationEcstasyDistractionFlashMindlessIrritationDullness Book:The Jesus I Never Knew Source: The Jesus I Never Knew
“The complete novelist would come into the world with a catalog of qualities like this. He would own the concentration of a Trappist monk, the organizational ability of a Prussian field marshal, the insight into human relations of a Viennese psychologist, the discipline of a man who prints the Lord's Prayer on the head of a pin, the exquisite sense of timing of an Olympic gymnast, and by the way, a natural instinct and flair for exceptional use of language.” MenWorldWayHumansUseLanguageNaturalPrayerAbilityQualityLordFieldsDisciplineRelationInstinctInsightCraftsNovelistsConcentrationPrintTimingExceptionalMonkPinsExquisitePsychologistHuman RelationsOrganizationalFlairGymnastNatural InstinctUse Of Language Author:Leon Uris