Focusing On What We Can Control Quotes

#1. Even though we don't always realize it, as the day goes on, we have increased difficulty exerting self-control and focusing on our work. As self-control wears out, we feel tired and find tasks to be more difficult, and our mood sours.

Travis Bradberry

#2. When I get a new script my mom will read them and just be aghast. I think it's hysterical.

Alia Shawkat

#3. One person seeks a midwife for his thoughts; the other, someone he can assist. Here is the origin of a good conversation.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#4. What if the Secret to Success is Failure?,

Paul Tough

#5. 'What if?' statements throw fuel on the fire of stress and worry. Things can go in a million different directions, and the more time you spend worrying about the possibilities, the less time you'll spend focusing on taking action that will calm you down and keep your stress under control.

Travis Bradberry

#6. You don't win a game by focusing on things you cannot control. You win it by focusing on those things that you can.

Melissa McPhail

#7. I cannot control what goes on in another lane and this is how I focus on the Games. There is no point in being nervous of other swimmers. It's just about focusing on yourself and what you need to do in order to perform at your best.

Cameron Van Der Burgh

#8. If everyone who had a gun just shot themselves, there wouldn't be a problem.

George Harrison

#9. Your life is shaped by the thoughts and experiences you choose - and make no mistake, the decision is always yours. I promise, when you learn to be conscious and in control of what you are focusing on, you can begin to create high vibrational experiences, which will transform and heal your life.

Susan Barbara Apollon

#10. Magic is a matter of focusing the disciplined will. But sometimes the will must be abandoned. The secret lies in knowing when to exercise control, and when to let go.

Marion Zimmer Bradley

#11. The secret of confidence is focusing on what you can control, not on what you can't.

Mira Kirshenbaum

#12. When one side benefits more than the other, that's a win-lose situation. To the winner it might look like success for a while, but in the long run, it breeds resentment and distrust.

Stephen Covey

#13. It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods. If such a board actually exists it operates precisely like the board of a corporation that is losing money.

H.L. Mencken

#14. It's long past time we started focusing on the solutions that actually keep women healthy, instead of using basic aspects of women's health as a tool of cultural, moral, and political control.

Martha Plimpton

#15. In recognising the global problem posed by osteoporosis, WHO sees the need for a global strategy for prevention and control of osteoporosis, focusing on three major functions: prevention, management and surveillance.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

#16. the most dangerous humans are the women who realize they don't need anyone after facing the hurricane alone

Gretchen Gomez

#17. What we moderns call "addictions" God calls "idols," and all of God's good gifts are meant to raise our eyes in thanksgiving to our benevolent heavenly Father, not to fix our eyes on the gifts themselves.

Michael S. Horton

#18. My father always told me, 'Don't waste energy worrying about things you can't control. Spend your energy focusing on solutions'.

Jared Kushner

#19. We have no control over outcomes, but we can control the process. Of course, outcomes matter, but by focusing our attention on process, we maximize our chances of good outcomes.

Michael Mauboussin

#20. When I'm grateful for all the blessings, it puts away all the stress about things not in my control. Things like long hours, aging, pollution, scandals ... it helps me create perspective by just focusing on being grateful. Take that moment twice a day with yourself.

Darby Stanchfield

#21. If Quebeckers want Jean Charest, well, they can choose him. It's never a winning formula to divide Quebeckers.

Pauline Marois

#22. Perhaps this is the solution to medicine's midlife crisis, too: doctors focusing on their noble craft, their relationships with patients, the stuff over which we have some control. Ultimately, this may be the best hope for our professional salvation.

Sandeep Jauhar

#23. I realize that there are many variables outside my control in my quest, but focusing on the big goal down the road really motivates me. To help me stay focused, I set micro-goals such as races or training achievements that bring me one step closer to being at my best for major goals

Lance Armstrong

#24. How can such impoverished children laugh? How can prisoners sing with joy? They rise above by accepting that certain events are beyond their control and beyond their understanding too, and then focusing instead on what they can understand and control.

Nick Vujicic

#25. A high view of God leads to high worship and holy living, but a low of God leads to trivial worship and low living.

Steven J. Lawson

#26. Although most of us realize what we control and do not control, we live as though we do not really know, and in some cases we spend years focusing on things we cannot control.

Darren Johnson

#27. To succeed in creating wealth, you must learn to control the mechanics of profit and understand the laws of wealth, rather than focusing in accumulating paper-money.

Daniel Marques

#28. Do you wish to take control of your life? Begin by focusing on steering the storm, rather than where the lightening strikes.

Gary Hopkins