Napoleon Hill Quotes

One way to boost our will power and focus is to manage our distractions instead of letting them manage us.

One of the secrets of a successful life is to be able to hold all of our energies upon one point, to focus all of the scattered rays of the mind upon one place or thing.

Concentration comes not from trying hard to focus on something, but from keeping your mind open and directing it at nothing.

I feel like, in a way, after doing it for so many years, you learn a certain concentration and how to turn it on and off.

Freedom from mental distraction equals power. Body mind masters eventually come to the realization that this and every moment, on or off the field, is the moment of truth.

Concentration can be cultivated. One can learn to exercise will power, discipline one's body and train one's mind.

Our minds are forced to become fixed upon different things by an attraction in them which we cannot resist. To control the mind, to place it just where we want it, requires special training. It cannot be done in any other way. In the study of religion the control of the mind is absolutely necessary. We have to turn the mind back upon itself in this study.

Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man.

The one thing that I appear to have been given, bearing in mind that I am capable of being very, very scatty and extremely lazy, is the ability to concentrate on something I choose to give my time to.

Golf is 90% mental. Once you know how to hold the club, swing it, it's all in the mind.

My greatest asset now is my focus.

Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.

When I work I am pure as an angel tiger and clear is my eye and hot my brain and silent all the whining grunting piglets of the appetites.

Mindfulness means being aware of how you're deploying your attention and making decisions about it, and not letting the tweet or the buzzing of your BlackBerry call your attention.

The mind is crazy thing. To be focused is the most difficult thing.

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.

Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.

Your mind, which is yourself, can be likened to a house. The first necessary move then, is to rid that house of all but furnishings essential to success.

I think the ability to focus is a thread that runs through so-called successful people. And that's something that can be developed. It can be self-taught.

If you take an hour out of your day to meditate, you will progress ten-fold. By staying mentally focused, you can let your worries go.

I beg of you always to dwell upon the necessity of a thorough understanding of principles, in order to stop the vivacity of his mind, and please do not forget to meditate upon the subject of our discussion.

The more focused you are, the more powerful you will be in the long run.

The mind has to be right and the work has to match the mind.

If you are humble, your concentration will be very high. That's the way to go in sports.

The more emotional distractions you have the harder it is to accomplish your goals - especially at the extreme levels!