"You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration."

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Source: Paralyzed Rep. to Showcase Gun Victims at State of the Union by John Parkinson, abcnews.go.com. February 12, 2013.

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James Lane Allen

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James Lane Allen was an American author known for his exploration of truth and human nature, particularly in his notable work 'The Choir Invisible.'

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"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil."

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