Alexander Graham Bell Quotes

The real essence of work is concentrated energy.

I'm happiest when I have something to focus my energy on.

Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.

I try to stay focused.

The F-word here is focus.

Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy.

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals.

I'm very task-oriented. The idea of constantly pursuing something with purpose helps me to stay focused.

When you're in the field, you just focus on the task at hand.

I'm very objective driven, so for me it's very important to know who I'm fighting, when I'm fighting, and roughly the direction I'm working in. It gives me that little extra push to do what I need to do to get the sessions, to work towards something.

I've always worked hard and stayed focused.

One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's whole energies towards the fulfillment of a particular task.

Where attention goes, energy flows and results show.

Without a goal we are much like the man with a boat and nowhere to go. Goals give us the drive and energy we need to remain on track long enough for their accomplishment.

You can be the most intelligent person, and you can have so much potential, but if you don't have a guide by which to channel that energy, then a lot of times, it's futile.

Good performance is about the capacity to focus and concentrate.

So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment that I stepped up and the moment I focused all my energy on that is when things started to happen. So there's a direct relationship between my inspiration and my output.

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

Goals help you channel your energy into action.

If we fix a goal and work towards it, then we are never just passing time.

I'm always focused.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

I like to understand, very specifically, what it is I'm seeing, and where it is and where it's going, and a lot of that is just hitting the mark and following the dotted line. But that's good, too because there's concentration and focus that's involved in that.