I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets

The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.

There is nothing permanent except change.

Big results require big ambitions.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Dogs bark at what they don't understand.

Change alone is unchanging.

Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.

What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.

Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.

But a smooth and steadfast mind,   Gentle thoughts and calm desires,   Hearts with equal love combined,   Kindle never-dying fires:—  Where these are not, I despise  Lovely cheeks or lips or eyes.

Writing is what happens when the words in your head are overpowered by the words in your heart.

The idea of molding men means a lot to me.

I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home.

Art cannot be used to show the validity of Christianity; it should rather be the reverse.

I don't think you're dying," I said. "I think you've just got a touch of cancer. He smiled. Gallows humor.

Charisma is not so much getting people to like you as getting people to like themselves when you're around.

Later, at Stanford University, I thought I'd become a lawyer or businessman, but my father came to me and said he thought there was a big future in the fine-wine business.

In Houston everyone owns guns and uses 'em - sometimes just for the hell of it.

Even if I'm being selfish, but I want you to only look at me.