“The very greatest genius, after all, is not the greatest thing in the world, any more than the greatest city in the world is the country or the sky. It is the concentration of some of its greatest powers, but it is not the greatest diffusion of its might. It is not the habit of its success, the stability of its sereneness.” WorldCountryMightCitiesSkyGeniusHabitConcentrationStabilityCities In The WorldDiffusion Book:Leigh Hunt's Works Source: Leigh Hunt's Works
“I have known not a few men who, after reaching the summits of business success, found themselves miserable on attaining retirement age. They were so exclusively engrossed in their day-to-day affairs that they had no time for friend-making.... They may flatter themselves that their unrelaxing concentration on business constitutes patriotism of the highest order. They may tell themselves that the existing emergency will pass, and that they can then adopt different, more sociable, more friendly habits. [But] such a day is little likely to come for such individuals.” MenMayLittlesDifferentAgeOrderFoundIndividualBusinessKnownHabitHighestAffairMiserableReachingConcentrationFriendlyRetirementBusiness SuccessDay To DayEmergenciesSummitSociableRetirement Age Author:B. C. Forbes
“Concentration of effort and the habit of working with a definite chief aim are two of the essential factors in success, which are always found together. One leads to the other.” InspirationalTwoTogetherFoundWorkEffortHabitEssentialsAimFactorsChiefsConcentrationDefinite Author:David Frost
“Inspiration can show up almost any time, though I have yet to see anyone scratching out melodic ideas on a restaurant napkin as legend would have us believe. I think inspiration comes from concentration, and early on I learned about Mark Twain's habit of leaving for his study after breakfast and not reappearing until the end of the day, ready to read to his family what he had just written. That set a good example for me, although I didn't copy his habit of taking twelve cigars along.” ThinkingBelieveIdeasEndsShowsInspirationStudyWrittenExampleReadyHabitMarkLeavingRestaurantsThe End Of The DayConcentrationCopiesBreakfastLegendsTwelveCigarGood ExamplesNapkins Author:William P. Perry
“Literature takes a habit of mind that has disappeared. It requires silence, some form of isolation, and sustained concentration in the presence of an enigmatic thing.” MindFormLiteratureSilenceHabitIsolationConcentrationHabits Of MindEnigmatic Author:Philip Roth
“It was becoming a habit-this concentration on things behind him. Almost as though there were no future to be had. *Milkman*” BehindsBecomingHabitConcentrationMilkman Author:Toni Morrison