A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road. (Thomas Carlyle)

A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.

Thomas Carlyle

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