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Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing. — Ron Swanson · 2012Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. — Samuel Johnson · 1777Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose—a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. — Mary Shelley · 1818The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once. — Samuel Smiles · 1859Forgetting 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 · 62Singlemindedness is all-powerful. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo · 1716
Singlemindedness3 quotes
Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing. — Ron Swanson · 2012The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once. — Samuel Smiles · 1859Singlemindedness is all-powerful. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo · 1716
Goals2 quotes
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 · 1818Forgetting 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 · 62
Death1 quote
Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. — Samuel Johnson · 1777
Eyes on the prize1 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 · 62
Flow state1 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 · 1818
Impending death1 quote
Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. — Samuel Johnson · 1777