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Focus Quotes

"For you to be great, you must become conscious of what you are doing per time."

"For you to be great, you must become conscious of what you are doing per time."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Focus, Greatness, Consciousness, Time

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"Our lives are a picture of what we ought to do, what we need to do, what we are planning to do and what we want to do."

"Our lives are a picture of what we ought to do, what we need to do, what we are planning to do and what we want to do."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Focus, Life, Planning, Goals, Action

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"We're just going to come out and play. We know that we're supposed to win all the games, but if we don't, we just have to take the next game and focus on what we did wrong in the game before and just try to do better at the next game."

"We're just going to come out and play. We know that we're supposed to win all the games, but if we don't, we just have to take the next game and focus on what we did wrong in the game before and just try to do better at the next game."

Shaquille O'Neal, American Athlete

Focus, Games, Play, Wrong

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"One of the greatest source of danger in life is to find the right path and stand on it. If you find the right way, run on it, don't stand on it. Something may be coming from behind; it will surely crush you when you are static."

"One of the greatest source of danger in life is to find the right path and stand on it. If you find the right way, run on it, don't stand on it. Something may be coming from behind; it will surely crush you when you are static."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Focus, Path, Motion, Success, Direction

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"Your daily output is directly proportional to your daily thoughts while your activity or passivity remains as a constant. You get what you think to do provided you do it!"

"Your daily output is directly proportional to your daily thoughts while your activity or passivity remains as a constant. You get what you think to do provided you do it!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Focus, Thoughts, Action, Success

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"Focus on good thoughts. Focus on wonderful moments. Focus on beautiful places."

"Focus on good thoughts. Focus on wonderful moments. Focus on beautiful places."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Focus, Thoughts, Good, Life

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"Although I regularly convince myself otherwise, because I aim at something doesn't necessarily mean I have a target."

"Although I regularly convince myself otherwise, because I aim at something doesn't necessarily mean I have a target."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Focus, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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"The reason my life has wandered to nowhere is likely due to the fact that the focus of the moment has dictated the destination of my life, when the destination of my life should have been dictating the focus of the moment."

"The reason my life has wandered to nowhere is likely due to the fact that the focus of the moment has dictated the destination of my life, when the destination of my life should have been dictating the focus of the moment."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Focus, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Inspirational

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"Concentrate on what is important, not what is urgent."

"Concentrate on what is important, not what is urgent."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Focus, Concentrate, Important, Urgent

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"To have a mission is to find a thing you were created for."

"To have a mission is to find a thing you were created for."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Focus, Mission, Creation, Purpose

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"Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer."

"Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer."

Denis Waitley, American Writer

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"I have discovered that you will achieve nothing if you pursue everything. Be specific and stay focused."

"I have discovered that you will achieve nothing if you pursue everything. Be specific and stay focused."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Focus, Specificity, Success, Clarity

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"Prioritization provides a framework for focusing on creativity."

"Prioritization provides a framework for focusing on creativity."

Pearl Zhu, American Author

Focus, Creativity, Productivity, Strategy

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"This much I knew and know: I was making myself hideously uncomfortable by not narrowing my attention to details of life which were immediately important, and by refusing to believe what my neighbors believed."

"This much I knew and know: I was making myself hideously uncomfortable by not narrowing my attention to details of life which were immediately important, and by refusing to believe what my neighbors believed."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Focus, Attention, Detail, Truth, Life

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"Serious people are not easily distracted!"

"Serious people are not easily distracted!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Focus, Distraction, Motivation, Success

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"Focus is not a state of single-mindedly pursuing one goal or objective without getting distracted. Rather, it's a commitment to exert all concentration and effort through constant adjustment like the lens of the human eye on a vision or purpose."

"Focus is not a state of single-mindedly pursuing one goal or objective without getting distracted. Rather, it's a commitment to exert all concentration and effort through constant adjustment like the lens of the human eye on a vision or purpose."

Mensah Oteh, Nigerian Author

Focus, Commitment, Vision, Life

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"To find a focus, learn to love and dream."

"To find a focus, learn to love and dream."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Focus, Love, Dream, Growth

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"But for many people, a huge part of the energy goes into the struggle with complexes, fear, worries, anxiety, and the energy cannot be used to achieve goals and dreams."

"But for many people, a huge part of the energy goes into the struggle with complexes, fear, worries, anxiety, and the energy cannot be used to achieve goals and dreams."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Focus, Complexes, Fear, Anxiety, Energy

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"If we do not set the time limits, we can get caught up in the process and never achieve the goal."

"If we do not set the time limits, we can get caught up in the process and never achieve the goal."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Focus, TimeLimits, Goal, Achievement

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"I believe that the mind can be permanently profaned by the habit of attending to trivial things."

"I believe that the mind can be permanently profaned by the habit of attending to trivial things."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Focus, Mind, Attention, Values

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"Another distraction that deviates people from their God given purpose and calling is the distraction of job and formal education."

"Another distraction that deviates people from their God given purpose and calling is the distraction of job and formal education."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Focus, Distraction, Purpose, Calling, Job

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"To become a king of that territory, you must not allow any of your time pass without converting it into building your skills in that area of life."

"To become a king of that territory, you must not allow any of your time pass without converting it into building your skills in that area of life."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Focus, King, Territory, Skills, Time

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"Stay focused, leave everything and do something."

"Stay focused, leave everything and do something."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Focus, Action, Determination

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"Don't live your life not to know what to do with your time. If you don't have any results to show for all your passing time, then you must have been trivializing time and you must have been living your life carelessly."

"Don't live your life not to know what to do with your time. If you don't have any results to show for all your passing time, then you must have been trivializing time and you must have been living your life carelessly."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Focus, Time, Results, Carelessness, Purpose

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"The most important thing in our lives is what we are doing now."

"The most important thing in our lives is what we are doing now."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Focus, Now, Life, Present

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"If you want to hit a bird on the wing you must have all your will in focus you must not be thinking about yourself and equally you must not be thinking about your neighbor: you must be living in your eye on that bird. Every achievement is a bird on the wing."

"If you want to hit a bird on the wing you must have all your will in focus you must not be thinking about yourself and equally you must not be thinking about your neighbor: you must be living in your eye on that bird. Every achievement is a bird on the wing."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Focus, Achievement, Will, Skill

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"When you can't focus on one thing, you will be distracted by anything."

"When you can't focus on one thing, you will be distracted by anything."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Focus, Distraction, Attention, Mindset

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"Do not try to understand average people. They are poison for somebody who s in constant action."

"Do not try to understand average people. They are poison for somebody who s in constant action."

Alin Sav, Romanian Author

Focus, Action, Poison, Motivational

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"Keep off your mind from the reward until the work is done, else you may be directed out of focus by the reward's appeals if it catches your attention!"

"Keep off your mind from the reward until the work is done, else you may be directed out of focus by the reward's appeals if it catches your attention!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Focus, Concentration, Work, Distraction

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"When you frequently invest your time and energy in your own business, the need to mind other people's business would become a stranger in your thoughts."

"When you frequently invest your time and energy in your own business, the need to mind other people's business would become a stranger in your thoughts."

Edmond Mbiaka, American Author

Focus, Business, Mindset, Energy

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"Don't beg for attention, pay attention to your dreams and others will pay attention to you."

"Don't beg for attention, pay attention to your dreams and others will pay attention to you."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Focus, Attention, Dreams, Purpose

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"Solitude is a way of overcoming distraction so that you can convert your time into something of worth."

"Solitude is a way of overcoming distraction so that you can convert your time into something of worth."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Focus, Solitude, Distraction, Conversion

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"If you will reach your dream land as sooner as possible you have to leave everything behind and fix your eyes on one thing, the journey ahead!"

"If you will reach your dream land as sooner as possible you have to leave everything behind and fix your eyes on one thing, the journey ahead!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Focus, Journey, Determination, Vision

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"When you are good at despising little things, you are likely to throw away the tiny match stick that has the potential of putting the entire forest on fire! Little things do carry heavy potentials!"

"When you are good at despising little things, you are likely to throw away the tiny match stick that has the potential of putting the entire forest on fire! Little things do carry heavy potentials!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Focus, Potential, Action, Growth

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"To develop stronger focus, develop a greater reason or meaning for your goal."

"To develop stronger focus, develop a greater reason or meaning for your goal."

Mensah Oteh, Nigerian Author

Focus, Reason, Motivational, Goal

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"Focus your intention on what your building, not whats already fallen away."

"Focus your intention on what your building, not whats already fallen away."

Nikki Rowe, American Writer

Focus, Intention, Building, Resilience

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"You can't excel in everything but you can be exceptional in a few things, so why not choose your life's focus?"

"You can't excel in everything but you can be exceptional in a few things, so why not choose your life's focus?"

Mensah Oteh, Nigerian Author

Focus, Excellence, Choice, Priority

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"All battles are not created equal; a few offer good rewards and are worthy of your attention but most are a waste of your time, energy and focus."

"All battles are not created equal; a few offer good rewards and are worthy of your attention but most are a waste of your time, energy and focus."

Mensah Oteh, Nigerian Author

Focus, Energy, Priority, Discipline

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"Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully."

"Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Focus, Mind, Concentration, Death

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"You will eat from where you work with all your strength."

"You will eat from where you work with all your strength."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Focus, God, Kingdom, Life

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"It's important not to waste life chasing after rainbows."

"It's important not to waste life chasing after rainbows."

Steven Redhead, British Author

Focus, Life, Hope, Reality, Mind

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"Focus on what lies ahead."

"Focus on what lies ahead."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Focus, Ahead, Future, Life

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"One common thing about great achievers is that, they keep asking useful questions every day. They ask questions like; "What do I want and what do I need to do to get it?"

"One common thing about great achievers is that, they keep asking useful questions every day. They ask questions like; "What do I want and what do I need to do to get it?"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Focus, Questions, Success, Achievement

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"It is important to be diligent because riches comes only into the hands of the diligent."

"It is important to be diligent because riches comes only into the hands of the diligent."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Focus, Diligence, Riches, Growth

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"So because you are converting it, you are actually conserving it."

"So because you are converting it, you are actually conserving it."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Focus, Conversion, Time, Conservation

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"You must sit down and do a complete analysis of your dreams in order to achieve them."

"You must sit down and do a complete analysis of your dreams in order to achieve them."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Focus, Analysis, Dreams, Achievement

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"You have to set yourself a particular goal."

"You have to set yourself a particular goal."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Focus, Goal, Setting, Purpose

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"Whenever you make up your mind to go into solitude, you must decide first of all what you want to go and do there."

"Whenever you make up your mind to go into solitude, you must decide first of all what you want to go and do there."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Focus, Solitude, Decision, Purpose

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"A gifted man does not waste his life on women."

"A gifted man does not waste his life on women."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Focus, Gift, Life

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"If worries begin, then realize that the task at hand is going to be disturbed and if worries do not occur, then know that the task will not be disturbed. Worries are obstacles to the work."

"If worries begin, then realize that the task at hand is going to be disturbed and if worries do not occur, then know that the task will not be disturbed. Worries are obstacles to the work."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Focus, Worry, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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