Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes

Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done.

It's marvelous the change that comes about when a man gets together all his forces and centers them upon the doing of one thing at a time.

When I concentrate and focus, they always go in, so I'm gonna continue to do that, and they will go in.

What you focus on always gets better.

Without the concentration of the mind and the will, performance would not result.

Goal-setting and achieving those goals - that's just what I do.

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.

The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements.

It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality.

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.

When I step back and look at all of these really successful people that I've worked with, one thing I do take away from it is how hard they work and how focused they are.

Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.

Look at Bjorn Borg or Jack Nicklaus. Those guys really concentrate. With the world on their shoulders, they're so absorbed with what they're doing.

Whatever you're trying to do, wherever you're trying to go in life, whatever you got your mindset on, stay there.

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

I've always worked hard and stayed focused.

Your ability to concentrate single-mindedly on one thing, the most important thing, and stay at it until it is complete, is an essential prerequisite for success.

If your mind is scattered, it is quite powerless.

I use discipline and focus as my greatest weapons.

Concentration, itself, is nothing but a matter of control of the attention! Learn to fix your attention on a given subject, at will, for whatever length of time you choose, and you will have learned the secret passage-way to power and plenty! This is concentration!

Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment.

Productivity is less about what you do with your time. And more about how you run your mind.

Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus - it's simply learning how to focus.

You achieve what you believe in, look for, and work for.

You can not fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed.