31 Drawings of January, Week 3

Day 11

“If you don’t know history then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.”

Drawn 1/30/2014


Day 12

“Loving your body only when it’s in perfect shape is like loving your kids only when they’re well-behaved.”

Drawn 1/28/2016


Day 13

“It’s a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you in hot water.”

drawn 1/31/2012


Day 14

“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”

Drawn 1/31/2010


Day 15

“Justice requires us to remember that when any citizen denies his fellow saying, ‘his color is not mine’ or ‘his beliefs are strange’, in that moment he betrays America.” – LBJ

Drawn 1/21/2013


Day 16

“The Napkin’s Guide to Happy Living: Forego judgment for enjoyment”

Drawn 1/22/2014


Day 17

“The Napkin’s Guide to Happy Living: Expression Defeats Depression”

Drawn 1/29/2014


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31 Drawings of January, week 2

Day 4

“Poor decisions don’t have to end poorly.”

drawn 1/7/2014


Day 5

“skepticism is like faith: Both are substitutes for seeing.”

Drawn 1/10/2018


Day 6

“There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way and not give others absurd maddening claims upon it.”

Drawn 1/27/2017


Day 7

“It ain’t what they call you that matters, it’s what you answer to that does.”

Drawn on 1/16/2015


Day 8

“Labels are Fables”

Drawn on 1/14/2015


Day 9

“Sometimes when things are falling apart they are actually falling in place.”

Drawn 1/6/2014


Day 10

“Just because she’s beautiful doesn’t mean you aren’t.”

Drawn 1/21/2016


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31 Drawings of January, Week 1

Day 1

“Good resolutions are like babies crying in church. They should be carried out immediately.

Drawn on 12/31/2016


Day 2

“It’s never been true that the value of a soul is dependent on a number on a scale.”

Drawn 1/15/2016


Day 3

“It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.”

Drawn 1/29/2019


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31 Drawings of December – Week 5

Day 28

Be It Resolved: I will be patient

Drawn 12/27/2012


Day 29

Be It Resolved: I Will Be Diligent

Drawn 12/28/2012


Day 30

Be It Resolved: I Will Be Humble

Drawn 12/31/2012


Day 31

Be It Resolved: I Will Be Charitable

Drawn 1/1/2013


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31 Drawings of December, week 4

Day 21

Gift Giving Note #3

To give and then not feel one has given is the very best of all ways.

Drawn 12/12/2012


Day 22

Gift Giving Note #4

Giving the gift of the mutual enjoyment of time passing is timeless.

Drawn 12/13/2012


Day 23

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a consiracy of love.

Drawn 12/2/2016


Day 24

Jesus associated with outcasts. He spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them. Merry and Happy.

Drawn 12/20/2011


Day 25

Be blessed and be a blessing. Merry Christmas!

Drawn 12/25/2011


Day 26

How many observe Christ’s birthday. How few,his precepts.

Drawn 12/28/2016


Day 27

Be it resolved: I will be kind.

Drawn 12/26/2012


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