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A photograph of Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln

I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
Photograph of Reno Goodale.

Reno Goodale

I can tell I’m getting older, because I find myself using words like “spacious,” “roomy,” and “comfortable” when I’m buying underwear.

Ben Huh

I’m always throwing out ideas, so it’s not creativity, it’s just volume.
Photograph of Aaron Patzer.

Aaron Patzer

Observe the world around you – everything you do, and especially everything you hate to do.

Jean Cocteau

The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
Photograph of Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.

Arab Proverb

An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
Photograph of Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Let’s go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday.
A photograph of Wilson Mizner.

Wilson Mizner

If you steal from one author, it’s plagiarism; if you steal from many, it’s research.
Photograph of H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.

John Randolph Thompson

Dead upon the field of glory, Hero fit for song and story.

William Watson Purkey

You’ve gotta’ dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.
Photograph of Marcus Tullius Cicero.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Photograph of Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie

One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

Polly Adler

A House Is Not A Home.
A photograph of André Gide.

André Gide

The most decisive actions of our life–I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future–are, more often than not, unconsidered.
A photograph of Billy Sunday.

Billy Sunday

Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
A photograph of Marcel Proust.

Marcel Proust

It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.

Donald Robert Perry Marquis

If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you; but if you really make them think, they’ll hate you.
A photograph of Caroline Rhea.

Caroline Rhea

My favorite machine at the gym is the vending machine.

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