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title: "3 Pencil Quotes By Adam Braun"
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> [My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006, I asked a boy begging on the streets, 'If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/my-journey-began-with-a-single-pencil-while-traveling-through-india/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

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> [What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/what-can-a-pencil-do-for-all-of-us-amazing-things-it-can-write/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/adam-braun-9757_amazing-things_what-can-a-pencil-do-for-all-of-us-amazi_1169544.png)

> [Made with Pencils is grounded in the creativity of a few, propelled by the financial support of many, and most importantly, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/made-with-pencils-is-grounded-in-the-creativity-of-a-few-propelled-by/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

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## Other authors on Pencil

## More by Adam Braun

> [Creating something new is easy, creating something that lasts is the challenge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/creating-something-new-is-easy-creating-something-that-lasts-is-the/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

> [“Expectations are the daunting shadows that trail behind accomplishments; no matter how high one goes, the other follows on its footsteps.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/expectations-are-the-daunting-shadows-that-trail-behind/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

> [Your twenties are the time to both accept and fight your way into the person you're destined to become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/your-twenties-are-the-time-to-both-accept-and-fight-your-way-into-the/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

> [“Purpose is found when you stop thinking about how you exist in the world and start trying to figure out why you are here.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/purpose-is-found-when-you-stop-thinking-about-how-you-exist-in-the/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

> [“Dancing with these kids, I looked around and acknowledged that what you see around you is proof of what exists within you. There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/dancing-with-these-kids-i-looked-around-and-acknowledged-that-what/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

> [In moments of uncertainty, when you must chose between two paths, allowing yourself to be overcome by either the fear of failure or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/in-moments-of-uncertainty-when-you-must-chose-between-two-paths/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

> [As our values are the core to who we are as human beings, they are also the easiest way to identify and connect with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/as-our-values-are-the-core-to-who-we-are-as-human-beings-they-are/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

> [The single most powerful element of youth is that you don't have the life experiences to know what can't be done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/the-single-most-powerful-element-of-youth-is-that-you-don-t-have-the/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

> [“At the greatest levels of affluence, and the deepest levels of poverty, parents share the same desire for their children to have a better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/at-the-greatest-levels-of-affluence-and-the-deepest-levels-of-poverty/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

> [“Sometimes you just know. With absolute conviction. The complete absence of doubt is so rare it generates a sense of excitement that’s so powerful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/sometimes-you-just-know-with-absolute-conviction-the-complete-absence/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

> [“Here's my best advice: make the little decisions with your head and the big ones with your heart. Do that, and you'll be just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/here-s-my-best-advice-make-the-little-decisions-with-your-head-and/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

> [I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/i-could-enjoy-the-life-that-i-had-by-virtue-of-the-educational/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

> [Every person has a revolution beating within his or her chest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/every-person-has-a-revolution-beating-within-his-or-her-chest/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

> [For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/for-any-movement-to-gain-momentum-it-must-start-with-a-small-action/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

> [There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/there-are-many-challenges-in-the-global-education-ecosystem-from-top/)

[Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/)

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