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Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart.
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“Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart.”

James Allen

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As a Man Thinketh
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1903
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Sustained ideals can organize attention and effort, giving a person a picture of the kind of life or work they intend to build.

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As a Man Thinketh, chapter “Visions and Ideals”; this is an excerpt from Allen’s longer exhortation to remain true to constructive ideals.

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