the joy of someone who had been a reader all her life, whose world had been immeasurably enlarged by the words of others.

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.

In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own.

We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else's mind.

those of us who read because we love it more than anything, who feel about bookstores the way some people feel about jewelers...

In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own. I learned who I was and who I wanted to be, what I might aspire to, and what I might dare to dream about my world and myself.

You can't lead when you have not been loaded with the skills of immagination.

While you were busy trying to prove God stands behind you, God was before me lighting the trail, so he could lead us both.

In the game of life, nothing is less important than the score at halftime.

The authors of all our misfortune.

You want continual improvement? Then I challenge every employee in an organization to discard the status quo and ask themselves everyday, How can I improve my job?, then find a way to make it happen.

Every president feels that he has gotten unfair, dishonest coverage from the news media.

Whatever you put in your mouth, make sure it's high quality.

Knowledge is the only kind of wealth that multiplies when you give it away.

I have a strong opinion that a genuine love of books is one of the greatest blessings of life for man and woman.

It's definitely hard, it's hard to get into a Monday, it's much easier to work through a weekend and accomplish a lot, but I don't think that's the healthiest way to live.