Maria Montessori Quotes

Good performance is about the capacity to focus and concentrate.

The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.

What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do.

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.

Concentration is at the root of mental mastery.

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

I see martial arts as moving forms of meditation. When you're sparring or drilling techniques, you can't think of anything else.

To be honest, I don't enjoy watching movies much when I'm working. They tend to fall apart on me a bit.

If you cannot concentrate, you are not so happy.

Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.

When I'm on set, I do whatever I can to find my focus.

You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.

I've always had, when I needed it, an extreme amount of focus that I could put into something. That has served me well.

I'm not very good at multi-tasking. Most people aren't, but they think they are. The mind is really better when you're really focused on one thing.

I try to stay focused.

If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your pals or in any other line of work.

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.

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 won't deny that I have a far more productive writing life without the Internet, mostly because I rekindle my ability to concentrate on one thing for a period of longer than three minutes. My curiosity is channeled inward rather than Internet-ward.

The age in which we live, this non-stop distraction, is making it more impossible for the young generation to ever have the curiosity or discipline... because you need to be alone to find out anything.

The way I meditate is by being organised. I can get real Zen if I go home and tidy the front room.

During the playoffs, I tone down the Internet usage.

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

I like to be present; I like to be in the now. The way life has shaped up, it is difficult, you know, with mobile phones taking you to another time and space all the time. So it's always a battle to stay in the moment. But according to me, it's a better way to be.

Sting is much better at switching off than I am. He can concentrate and meditate whatever might be going on in the room and is far more disciplined.