26 Quotes by James Lane Allen


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    The Anglo-Saxon farmers had scarce conquered foothold, stronghold, freehold in the Western wilderness before they became sowers of hemp – with remembrance of Virginia, with remembrance of dear ancestral Britain.

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    The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart - this you will build your life by, and this you will become.

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    All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.

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    The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.

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    To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.

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