Allen, James Lane

1849 - Allen was born in Lexington, Kentucky on December 21, 1849.

1872 - Attended and graduated from Transylvania University.

1877 - Received his master's degree from Transylvania University.

1893 - Went to worked as an author in New York City and became a contributor to Harpers and The Altantic magazines.

1894 - Released his novel entitled A Kentucky Cardinal.

1897 - Published his novel entitled The Choir Invisible.

1900 - Published his novel entitled The Reign of Law.

1903 - His last published novel was entitled The Mettle of the Pasture.

1925 - Died in New York City on February 18, 1925.

• "As you think, you travel, and as you love, you attract. You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."
• "We do not attract what we want, But what we are."
• "Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit."
• "Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results."
• "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."