“I do as much charity work as I can and that my family life will allow. I do believe charity begins at home and the more we focus on our families, the better they will be.” BelieveI CanHomeFocusMy FamilyCharityOur FamilyFamily LifeCharity WorkCharity Begins At Home Author:Jamie Lee Curtis
“I didn't really give a sh** what's going on in the rest of the world. I just didn't. I just wanted to focus on me, me, me, my career, my life, just me - blinders.” WorldGivingWantedCareersFocusBlindersFocus On Me Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I don't think anyone strives to be anything negative. I just think that it's our nature to only focus on a few things in life and forget about a lot of other stuff.” ThinkingStuffForgetFocusNegativeStriveThings In LifeStrife Author:Madonna Ciccone
“With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living in an orphanage, you know, was the number one story for a week in the world. To me, that says more about our inability to focus on the real problems.” KnowsWorldChildrenRealFactsStoriesProblemPainSufferingNumbersFocusWeekChaosAdoptionInabilityReal ProblemsPain And SufferingOrphanage Author:Madonna Ciccone
“There are differences between us. But it doesn't make sense to emphasize that, because my future and yours is connected with everyone else's. So we have to take seriously our concern for all of humanity. When we focus on our individuality, humanity inevitably suffers. And once humanity suffers, each one of us will also suffer.” SufferingHumanityDifferencesFocusConcernIndividualityConnectedMake SenseMy Future Author:Dalai Lama
“We must realize that it is best to focus on our oneness, to re emphasize what is the same about each of us rather than dwell on what is different.” DifferentRealizingFocusOneness Author:Dalai Lama
“I've wrecked my fair share of cars. I've had my fair share of injuries. If you put too much focus on it or you really worry about it, it's going to consume you. That's never good.” IfsWorryToo MuchFocusShareCarFairsInjuryFair Share Author:Justin Allgaier
“Don't look too far in the future, don't worry about how you're going to have enough time or enough money or enough smarts; the "how?" is up to God. Just put your whole focus on this moment, doing this baby step at this moment; and then once you finish that one, God and the angels will give you the next assignment and so on and so forth.” GivingLooksEnoughWholeMomentsNextStepsWorryFocusBabySmartAngelEnough TimeAssignmentsBaby Steps Author:Doreen Virtue
“One thing that's great about having kids, especially given my career, is that it forces you out of your narcissism. I mean, I'm in a career where my product is me. So it was nice to have something, someone, come along and take the focus off me. I really needed to give myself some distractions from myself.” GivingMeanKidsGivenForceCareersFocusNiceOne ThingProductsNeededDistractionNarcissismHaving Kids Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“I always say you can self-medicate through closet cleaning. Everyone knows that feeling of a clear surface, and how it makes you feel you can really focus and start your work.” KnowsFeelsSelfFeelingsClearFocusSurfaceClosetsCleaning Author:Gretchen Rubin
“The people who started the American government, the founders of the Constitution, didn't like political parties but they were forced to start them. Nobody ever created political parties in England, they evolved. And there do tend to be two general tendencies that focus around how much government you think you need.” PeopleThinkingNeedsTwoGovernmentPoliticalPartyFocusConstitutionEnglandTendenciesFoundersPolitical PartiesAmerican Government Author:Barney Frank
“Church is missing transcendence. My generation was raised on a religion of moral control. Do this. Don't do that. And a lot of self-help religion. Feel better. Get out of debt. Six ways to overcome your fears. Seven ways not to lust. Ultimately that message didn't work. It was empty. There was no transcendence. The omniscient, omnipresent, all-powerful God of the universe wasn't the focus.” WayFeelsSelfHelpingUniverseChurchPowerfulMoralFocusGenerationsMissingSelf HelpSixMessagesEmptyOvercomingRaisedSevenDebtLustWorking ItFeel BetterTranscendenceMy GenerationOmniscientPowerful God Author:Matt Chandler
“If you're in a domestic situation where the man is violent, patriarchy and male domination - even though you understand it intersectionally - you focus, you highlight that dimension of it, if that's what is needed to change the situation.” IfsMenSituationFocusHe ManNeededMalesViolentDimensionsPatriarchyDominationHighlights Author:Bell Hooks
“It is important and vital is to keep that education for critical consciousness around intersectionalities, so that people are able to not focus on one thing and blame one group, but be able to look holistically at the way intersectionality informs all of us: whiteness, gender, sexual preferences, etc. Only then can we have a realistic handle on the political and cultural world we live within.” PeopleWorldWayLooksImportantAblePoliticalConsciousnessFocusOne ThingGroupsBlameGenderCriticalHandleEtcRealisticPreferenceWhitenessIntersectionalityFocus On One Thing Author:Bell Hooks
“I think it's more helpful to keep your books sort of a singular focus. Get it said, get it said well, fascinate people with your words and then write another book.” PeopleThinkingWritingWellsSaidBookFocusHelpful Author:Larry Winget
“We need to make sure our activities and our attitudes line up with what pleases God first and foremost. Wherever we focus our attention the most will become the driving force in our lives.” NeedsFirstsForceLinesAttentionAttitudeFocusOur LivesPleaseActivityDrivingDriving ForceGod First Author:Lysa TerKeurst
“I just think the whole mindset of Pilates is huge. Pilates 101 is just to use your core in the right way. A lot of us don't use every little detailed muscle in our core. We all use the big muscles in our body and don't focus on the little ones. That mindset and awareness is huge. I take that with me wherever I go.” ThinkingWayLittlesWholeUseBodyBigsFocusAwarenessHugeMindsetCoreMusclesRight WayPilates Author:Kerri Walsh
“It's just easier to talk about product attributes that you can measure with a number. Focus on price, screen size, that's easy. But there's a more difficult path, and that's to make better products, ones where maybe you can't measure their value empirically.” InspirationalMotivationalValuesEasyDifficultNumbersPathFocusDesignProductsEasierSizeScreensAttributes Author:Jonathan Ive
“Once I can focus in on something, I just play it in my mind until an idea comes from out of nowhere, and it's usually the key to the whole song. It's the idea that matters. It's like electricity was around long before Edison harnessed it.” MindLongI CanIdeasMatterPlayWholeSongFocusKeysElectricity Author:Bob Dylan
“It`s not our conditions, but our decisions that shape our lives. I truly believe that it`s in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. So choose carefully what things mean, and what to do about them. With conscious focus, a connection with our loving nature, and a desire to serve, we truly can experience heaven while still here on earth.” BelieveMeanStillsMomentsEarthDesireHeavenDecisionDestinyFocusOur LivesConditionsShapesConsciousConnectionsOur DestinyYour DestinyYour MomLoving Nature Author:Tony Robbins
“I think a lot about the editing of the films when we're making them, partly because I studied that, and partly because if you think about being in love while you're supposed to be acting in love, there's nowhere to go. You have to focus on something else and then do what's being asked, and you might get some semblance of something interesting.” IfsThinkingMightFilmInterestingActingFocusSupposed To BeEditingBeing In LoveSemblanceSomething InterestingNowhere To Go Author:Paul Schneider
“I think what I loved in cinema - and what I mean by cinema is not just films, but proper, classical cinema - are the extraordinary moments that can occur on screen. At the same time, I do feel that cinema and theater feed each other. I feel like you can do close-up on stage and you can do something very bold and highly characterized - and, dare I say, theatrical - on camera. I think the cameras and the viewpoints shift depending on the intensity and integrity of your intention and focus on that.” ThinkingFeelsMeanMomentsFilmCan DoFocusStageLike YouIntegrityTheaterCamerasIntentionExtraordinaryDareScreensCinemaIntensityTheatricalViewpointsCan Do SomethingExtraordinary Moments Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“I've always had a sense of groundedness as a person. I think that's helped me. My mother sort of beat into me the notion of humility, and I think my focus has always been on the right things or the things that I'm passionate about, which is just simply the work.” ThinkingPersonsMotherFocusHumilityBeatsNotionPassionateRight ThingGroundedness Author:Elijah Wood
“When you sit and watch the film with an audience, the focus groups and the cards and all of that is the less what you're worrying about. When you watch a film with an audience you see what is working and what's not working.” FilmWatchesWorryAudienceFocusGroupsCardsFocus Groups Author:Christopher McQuarrie
“Good teams focus on the task at hand. They don't care what's happened the last 13 days, they worry about today and they worry about getting better. That's what good teams do.” HandsCareTodayLastsWorryFocusHappenedTeamTasksDon't CareGet BetterGood TeamTask At Hand Author:Mike Zimmer
“When I vote for a candidate I always try to learn as much as I can about them, but I guess I focus a lot on environmental issues, and I tend to vote along those lines.” TryingI CanLinesIssuesFocusVoteEnvironmentalCandidatesEnvironmental Issues Author:Jack Johnson
“Simplicity is never a matter of circumstances; simplicity is a matter of focus. So in the midst of educating and parenting our children, we can't necessarily go ahead and make everything fit into neat, controllable, simple schedules. But the point is, simplicity is: how do we keep our eyes fixed and focused on Christ, no matter where we are?” ChildrenMatterEyeChristSimpleFocusFitCircumstancesOur ChildrenSimplicityFocusedFixedMidstSchedulesNeat Author:Ann Voskamp
“That's what the majority of people in the world do, they walk among the ruins of their life. Things that didn't work out, relationships that went sour, jobs that disappeared. All they can think about is their ruins, and when you focus on that you can't build a new you.” PeopleThinkingWorldJobsWalksFocusMajorityWork OutRuinsSourNew You Author:Richard Simmons
“People have stopped battling in hip hop, in the primitive sense, and the focus of the competitive element has shifted to the music. It's less about bragging and more about being the best lyrically and poetically.” PeopleFocusElementsHip HopHipsBeing The BestHopsPrimitiveBragging Author:Nas
“Most companies, 97 percent or more, put all their focus on clever advertising and clever taglines to get people to buy average or mediocre products. You need to back off and offer a really good product or service.” PeopleNeedsCompanyFocusProductsOffersPercentAverageCleverAdvertisingMediocreTaglines Author:Brian Tracy
“The way you set up for a sequel is by having a successful film. The focus is on making a successful film, and making a film that travels around the world, and that people enjoy and have fun with, and that people are able to escape with.” PeopleWorldWayAbleFilmFunEnjoySuccessfulFocusAround The WorldHaving FunSequels Author:Peter Berg
“Every now and then I will play; I try to focus on charitable work. I might do it because it's an offer I can't refuse, so I rally and try to stay in shape and keep myself active.” TryingI CanPlayMightFocusOffersShapesRefuseActiveNow And ThenCharitableCharitable Work Author:Andre Agassi
“I think sometimes you just lose your focus, and I think that's easy to do when you start getting more fame, more money, more power.” ThinkingSometimesEasyLosesFocusFameMore Money Author:Joel Osteen
“As the writer, I may choose to ignore the emotional heart of the matter, and focus on details, and trust that the heart of the matter will be conveyed nevertheless.” HeartMayMatterFocusEmotionalDetailsNevertheless Author:Lydia Davis
“I've always been business-minded. I worked in corporate America before becoming an actress and knew that acting wasn't the end but a means to an end. It gave me the platform and the exposure I needed to do my philanthropic work. It also gave me the financial security to focus on my other businesses, start new businesses, and even help other people start businesses.” PeopleMeanEndsHelpingAmericaActingFocusSecurityBecomingNeededFinancialActressesHelping OthersCorporateWorking ItPlatformsExposurePhilanthropicNew BusinessMeans To An EndCorporate AmericaFinancial SecurityBusiness Minded Author:Eva Longoria
“We focus on money, getting money and winning. We let the rest of them chase the women. We focus on winning cuz getting women is slight work. That's all the time with us.” WinningFocusGet MoneyCuz Author:Yo Gotti
“We need to stop focusing on people leaving earth and focus on, like Jesus said, the Kingdom of God is the yeast. Yeast invades dough.” PeopleNeedsSaidEarthJesusFocusLeavingKingdomsKingdom Of GodDoughYeastPeople Leaving Author:Myles Munroe
“People often ask me if I feel discriminated against as a black female director. I don't. I'm actually offered a ton of stuff. But I only want to direct what I write. And I prefer to focus on black female characters. What's most important to me is to put characters up onscreen who are not perfect, but who are human and flawed.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsWritingHumansImportantCharacterAsksStuffBlackPerfectFocusDirectorsFemaleDirectAsk MeFlawedNot PerfectFemale Characters Author:Gina Prince-Bythewood
“I try to focus less on the actual items and more on the way they make me feel. I like color around my face because it does something to me emotionally. I don't like to wear black because it brings me down.” WayFeelsTryingDoeFacesBlackFocusColorItemsBring Me Down Author:Nicole Richie
“That's always disappointed me, to see a guy in the crowd who doesn't look like he's having fun but in general if you just listen to the crowd it sounds like they're having fun. So I don't want to focus on the one guy who's not having fun. And by closing my eyes and just listening, I can't hear that he's not laughing but I can see that he's not laughing.” IfsWantLooksI CanEyeGuyFunSoundLaughingFocusListeningCrowdsHaving FunDisappointedClosingJust ListenClosing My Eyes Author:Mitch Hedberg
“When something disappointing happened, my mother would remind me not to let that become my focus. There's still so much to be grateful for.” StillsMotherFocusHappenedGratefulBe GratefulDisappointing Author:Katherine Heigl
“I don't know much about the music business, but for just general advice for someone trying to create things, as simple as this sounds, I think the best thing you can do is constantly try to improve upon your work. Always focus on that first and foremost, and leave everything else (marketing, image) completely secondary. Obviously, easier said than done when you're trying to make a living, but if you can move along those lines and earnestly try to make things that you really enjoy it can only benefit you in the long run.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingFirstsLongSaidDoneRunningMovingEnjoySoundCan DoLinesSimpleFocusAdviceEasierBenefitsMarketingBest ThingsLong RunsMusic BusinessEasier Said Than Done Author:Joe Rogan
“Dominant energy patterns that are contributing to the stress in a human being, are able to be picked up, if a person is open enough. And for me, as a medical intuitive, that's where I focus my attention. That's what the skill is all about.” IfsHumansPersonsEnoughAbleEnergyHuman BeingsAttentionFocusSkillsStressPatternsMedicalDominantIntuitiveContributing Author:Caroline Myss
“For me the information has to remain incredibly neutral. It's what I would call 'ice-like' information. I receive very rapid impressions. I don't have to sit there and concentrate. Because, if I start to really focus, my conscious mind begins to apply data, which is not accurate.” IfsMindFocusInformationConsciousImpressionIceDataAccurateRapidsConscious Mind Author:Caroline Myss
“I have got to do something that makes me focus on one thing, and so I will sit and listen to music, or I will read, or I will go and make ammunition in my workshop. I have just got to keep myself busy.” FocusOne ThingBusyListening To MusicWorkshopsAmmunitionFocus On One Thing Author:David Feherty
“Most organizations only focus on WHAT they do and HOW they do it - tactics and strategies - and they aren't even aware that this thing called the WHY exists. Focusing on only two pieces of a three piece puzzle leaves an organization, or a career, inherently out of balance. Being out of balance, only operating on two of the three pieces, shows up in different ways - increased stress, loss of passion, obsession with what your competition is doing, being forced to play the price game, trouble differentiating. These are all signs that the WHY is missing.” WayTwoDifferentPlayShowsPassionThreeGamesLossCareersFocusPiecesTroubleMissingBalanceOrganizationStressStrategyCompetitionObsessionDifferent WaysPuzzlesTacticsTactics And Strategy Author:Simon Sinek
“I NEVER LOOK BACK AT WHAT I HAVE ACHIEVED BECAUSE I AM ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE FUTURE. I CAN LOOK BACK AT WHAT I HAVE ACHIEVED WHEN I AM RETIRED - BUT UNTIL THEN IT IS ALL ABOUT FOCUS.” LooksI CanFocusRetired Author:Lionel Messi
“A lot of times, I'll have a goal, I'll start writing, and I'll end up in some far off place, which is good. It's nice to have a focus, but letting the lyrics write themselves where they need to go is important.” NeedsWritingImportantEndsGoalFocusNice Author:James Hetfield
“Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard. What you’ve really got to do is focus on learning as much about life, and about various aspects of it first.” FirstsHardFilmEasyFocusAspectVarious Author:George Lucas
“You really have to focus on what you're doing and just plow ahead no matter what hurdles are thrown in front of you.” MatterFocusFrontsNo Matter WhatThrownHurdle Author:George Lucas