Quotes About Focus On The Present

#1. We all know what weight sits on our souls, and no one is expected to ever forget the past - only to let it be past and focus on the present,

J.M. Sidorova

#2. Focus on the present moment. Stay in the moment.

Tony Horton

#3. My policy is to learn from the past, focus on the present, and dream about the future. I'm a firm believer in learning from adversity. Often the worst of times can turn to your advantage - my life is a study of that.

Donald Trump

#4. I am a person who continually destroys the possibilities of a future because of the numbers of alternative viewpoints I can focus on the present.

Doris Lessing

#5. The nature of the video camera really makes you focus on the present. Since I have always been a diarist filmmaker, not one who stages scenes with actors, it has always been about the present moment.

Jonas Mekas

#6. To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present.

Bo Bennett

#7. When we are aware that we are eternal beings, when we become enlightened to the fact that our life is something eternal that cannot be harmed by anything, then we have no attachments to the past of anxiety about the future and are able to focus on the present moment the now.

Ilchi Lee

#8. Keep calm and carry on. A challenging time is just that - a period in time. Taking a few deep breaths and knowing that it won't last forever really allows me to focus on the present moment and task at hand.

Elizabeth Armstrong

#9. Keep your maximum focus on the present and a little planning ahead because without the present there is no future

ABC

#10. We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don't really reflect on what we've done in the past. We focus on the present.

Derek Jeter

#11. When I would present my work as a student, often I would hear, "Your project is too formal" - it's too form-based; it's too form-driven. Which is kind of shocking for a visual practice, for someone to say something discouraging about a focus on an exploration of aesthetics.

Jimenez Lai

#12. The future takes care of itself, and we should instead focus on taking care of the present. Try to make it pleasant and happy.

Lamees Alhassar

#13. How shall we pass most swiftly from point to point, and be present always at the focus where the greatest number of vital forces unite in their purest energy?

Walter Pater

#14. What's important now? - To evaluate the past, focus on the future, and tell you what you have to do in the present

Lou Holtz

#15. In a self-betraying condition, how we present ourselves unavoidably becomes of the focus of our concern, and we mistakenly confuse it with how we really are.

C. Terry Warner

#16. But the longer and further I ran, the more I realized that what I was often chasing was a state of mind- a place where worries that seemed monumental melted away, where the beauty and timelessness of the universe, of the present moment, came into sharp focus.

Scott Jurek

#17. Humor requires perspective. Perspective requires focus. Focus requires balance. Balance requires attention to the present moment. In the 'now' one is freed from labels. Success and failure, good luck and bad - they're all constructs of your mind.

Tom Bergeron

#18. Life passes us by if all we do is focus on the future. Being present, for the present, is really what is important.

Brandon Jenner

#19. When learning use the present moment to FOCUS on comprehension bringing the information into the flesh.

Matthew Donnelly

#20. The past is far behind. If you still want to look at it, you will painfully stretch your neck muscles. Don't live in the past, leave the past, but learn from it.

Israelmore Ayivor

#21. Eden," Cyrus snapped bringing her back to the present. "I have a sword pointed at you. Will you please focus

Samantha Young

#22. Stop thinking of the past, and stop worrying about the future. Just win the day. Achieve the goals you set for every single day, and you'll rebuild your life in a few short years.

Kevin J. Donaldson

#23. Leave aside your regrets of the past and anxieties of the future
And focus intelligently on the present.
This is the best way of ensuring a positive future.

Chinmayananda Saraswati

#24. Focus on the future for 50%, on the present for 40%, and on the past for 10%

Masaaki Hatsumi

#25. Balance lives in the present. The surest way to lose your footing is to focus on what dreadful things might happen.

Oprah Winfrey

#26. The more a person feels skilled, the more her moods will improve; while the more challenges that are present, the more her attention will become focused and concentrated.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#27. I kept hearing about mindfulness, which isn't a new subject. In fact it's rooted in ancient Buddhism. Wikipedia defines Mindfulness as "The intentional, accepting, non-judgmental focus of one's attention on the emotions, thoughts and sensations occurring in the present moment.

KP Croft

#28. Enjoy memories of the past, cherish every moment of present and focus on your future achievement

S G

#29. If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.

Roy Bennett

#30. I steeled myself to focus only on the present yet remain alert to what might come next.

Nicholas Sparks

#31. My happiness with the future and the present depends on my ability to let the past go and make peace with it.

A.J. Darkholme

#32. I finally learned to live in the present and focus only on what I want rather than what I don't want.

Darren Johnson

#33. main job is to remain connected to God. When my primary focus is being present with him, everything else has a way of falling into place. When my primary focus becomes anything else, my inner vitality suffers, and I become a lesser version of myself. On vacation one summer,

John Ortberg

#34. The only way to teach focus is to present the eye with opportunities for steady perception - best supplied by the contemplation of art. Looking at art requires stillness and receptivity, which realign our senses and produce a magical tranquillity.

Camille Paglia

#35. Grant me the strength to focus this week, to be mindful and present, to serve with excellence, to be a force of love.

Brendon Burchard

#36. Launching a Broadway show is like no other endeavor. It's taxing because you're present - it's not like cutting a movie and test focus-grouping it and filling out forms.

Mark Hamill

#37. When you read a book put all of your effort into staying present and focus your energy towards the comprehension of each and every word and how you can apply it into your daily life.

Matthew Donnelly

#38. We think that the problems of the world and of ourselves can only be solved through "doing," not realizing that it is this focus on ceaseless activity that has created much of our present imbalance. Rather than always asking, "What should I do?," we can learn to reflect, "How should I be?

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

#39. Don't let your past pollute your present and disable you from progressing in the future.

Maddy Malhotra

#40. The past was gone and the future had yet to unfold, and he knew he should focus his life on the present ... yet his day-to-day existence suddenly struck him as endless and unbearable.

Nicholas Sparks

#41. Why don't you focus on where you're going and less on where you came from?

Amy Harmon

#42. All you have is yourself and what you have to present, and just focus on that. And if you can walk out of the audition and say to yourself, 'I hit all my beats,' 'I accomplished my emotional honesty,' or 'I remembered my words,' then that's winning.

Tamara Tunie

#43. My main job is to remain connected to God. When my primary focus is being present with him, everything else has a way of falling into place.

John Ortberg

#44. Everything I know and I am and I have seen felt done past present past now then before now seen felt done hurt felt focus into a something beyond words beyond beyond beyond and it speaks now and it says.
Stay.
Fight.
Live.
Take it.

James Frey

#45. Rather than standing defiant screaming to the winds to bring the storm,
be focused, grateful for the time to prepare and learn to harness it.

Tom Althouse

#46. Education is what people do to you. Learning is what you do to yourself. Focus on being connected, always learning, fully aware and super present.

Joichi Ito

#47. Part of getting other people to focus on the future rather than being myopically focused on the present is about living that way yourself and showing that you can make choices today that are about future outcomes and still be having a great time into the present and enjoying your life.

Hill Harper

#48. The past doesn't define you, your present does. It's okay to create a vision of the future because it affects your behavior in the "now," but don't dwell on past mistakes. Learn from them and focus those lessons in the moment. That's where change can really happen.

Jillian Michaels

#49. He wrestled his focus back to his present dilemma. The two of them standing in a cheap hotel room with nothing to do besides the obvious things a man and woman could do in a room with not much more than bed in it.

Cat Johnson

#50. I love Bikram Yoga. I tend to move and think at a fast pace, and the heat forces me to slow down and just focus on my breath. I'm also a fan of Kundalini yoga. It's still a new practice for me, but I've found it infinitely helpful in getting me present.

Allison McAtee

#51. It is difficult to live in and enjoy the moment when you are thinking about the past or worrying about the future.

Roy Bennett

#52. People always complain that they can't do this and they can't do that."
"If we look at our lives and concentrate on things that we don't have or wish to have, that doesn't change the circumstances. The truth is that we have to focus on what we have and make the best out of it.

Nick Vujicic

#53. it's helpful to focus your child's attention on the present moment by deciding together on one thing you may particularly look for.

Linda Lantieri

#54. Best thing that's ever happened to me. I focus so much less on me. It's made me content, it's made me happy. It's like a Christmas present every single day that I get to unwrap. It's hard work.

Molly Sims

#55. And besides (I told myself) wasn't it time to Move Forward, Let Go, turn from the garden that was locked to me? Live In The Present, Focus On The Now instead of grieving for what I could never have?

Donna Tartt

#56. Now is everything
Now is the essence
Now is the focus
Focus on the now
For that is the key

Karen Hackel

#57. As far as you are concerned the present is your point of action, focus and power, and from that point of volition you form both your future and past. Realizing this, you will understand that you are not at the mercy of a past over which you have no control.

Seth

#58. 12
Lose Battles, But Win The War: Grand Strategy
Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.

Robert Greene

#59. Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.

Eckhart Tolle

#60. But sin should never consume our focus at the expense of our confidence in the power and sufficiency of Christ. There is little danger in thinking lowly of ourselves. The ever-present danger faced by the Christian is thinking too lowly of Christ. Christ is our identity, not indwelling sin.

Tony Reinke

#61. The feeling or emotion of happiness or joy is always momentary, but it's only your imaginations, that extend your momentary happiness, for some more time.

Roshan Sharma

#62. Forget and forgive your past. Focus on your future, but never forget to act at the present moment.

Debasish Mridha

#63. Love affairs, in their beginnings, are all about the present. But there is a point in each
an event, an exchange, some other unseen trigger
which forces the past and the future back into focus.

Kate Morton

#64. In today's world you have to interact. You can't be some difficult, shy person who is not able to look somebody in the face; you have to present yourself. You have to know how to talk about your vision, your focus and what you believe in.

Anna Wintour

#65. To live a more balanced life, glance at the past, live in the present, and focus on the future.

Todd Stocker

#66. Since we cling to our hope in the future, we do not focus our energies and capabilities on the present moment

Thich Nhat Hanh

#67. It is important to focus on present work. It is more important to align your present work with future outlook and desires.

Abhishek Ratna

#68. Nowadays we have so many things that take our attention - phones, Internet - and perhaps we need to disconnect from those and focus on the immediate world around us and the people that are actually present.

Nicholas Hoult

#69. Breathe out unwanted thoughts with your exhale and re-focus your attention directly on what is important right now, at this moment.

Amit Ray

#70. I pray for faith that my future will be good if I live today well, and in peace. I will remember that staying in the present is the best thing I can do for my future. I will focus on what's happening now instead of what's going to happen tomorrow.

Melody Beattie

#71. As long as you allow your past to haunt you, you'll never be free to pursue your future. You won't even be able to focus on your present.

Brian Klemmer

#72. Use the energy that fear creates to focus the mind more intently on the present moment - where fear doesn't exist.

John Mackey

#73. Don't look at the present storm, but look to the Son coming.

Anthony Liccione

#74. The best investors are visionaries - they look beyond the present.
By the same token, vision remains vision until you focus, do the work, and bring it down to earth where it will do some good.

Ziad K. Abdelnour

#75. In the past, people have looked at photos as a record of memory. The focus has been on the past tense. With Instagram, the focus is on the present tense.

Kevin Systrom

#76. When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present ... we experience heaven on earth.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

#77. Studies find that as people grow older they interact with fewer people and concentrate more on spending time with family and established friends. They focus on being rather than doing and on the present more than the future. Understanding

Atul Gawande

#78. Success in the present is only achieved when you put your focus where you want your future.

Myles Munroe