Plato Quotes

You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done.

I believe in doing what I am best at. I don't want to waste my energy in other things; instead, I would put all that in reaching the next level in a craft that I love the most.

It's better to focus on one film rather than take up two or three films at the same time.

Focus on one thing and do one thing well.

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

Focus on just a few things, and do them better than anybody else.

Concentrate on doing what you do best, and let others do the rest.

We must infer that all things are produced more plentifully and easily and of a better quality when one man does one thing which is natural to him and does it at the right time, and leaves other things.

I don't believe in doing everything and being mediocre at all of them. I believe in being good at one thing.

We can't all do everything.

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.

It's not how many hours you put in with a client or on a project. It's the quantity and quality of your energy - your focus and force - that determine whether that time is valuable.

Through your life, most people peel away the junk that's not useful, that's superfluous. You are determined to peel that away. I do one thing at a time. One man at a time. One car. One house. One child. One job.

It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.

Once I'm working on something, I don't do anything else. I'm mono-track.

You do what is manageable, and you do it well rather than trying to do a thousand things just a little bit OK.

Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest.

Acting and recording an album at the same time, that's not my sport. I could write a movie when my attention was paid to that. But I'm good at one thing at a time.

If you develop just one muscle, one skill, make it the ability to focus and just get on with it. It will not only make you desirably employable, but it will make you happy.

Most people are good at too many things. And when you say someone is focused, more often than not what you actually mean is they're very narrow.

I want to just do my job and do it well.

It's better to do one thing at a time and give your full concentration.

In the long run, it's probably better to tie yourself down to one position and really become established in one area to be as good as you can in that position.

I like to do one thing at a time and do it to the best of my ability.