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Apostle Paul1 quote
Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. — Apostle Paul · 62Mary Shelley1 quote
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose—a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. — Mary Shelley · 1818Ron Swanson1 quote
Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing. — Ron Swanson · 2012Samuel Johnson1 quote
Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. — Samuel Johnson · 1777Samuel Smiles1 quote
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once. — Samuel Smiles · 1859Yamamoto Tsunetomo1 quote
Singlemindedness is all-powerful. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo · 1716