“A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.”

“It's not what you will get out of the books that is so enriching - it is what the books will get out of you that will ultimately change your life”

“People don’t change that much. Don’t waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in. That is hard enough.”

“Success is relative. It is what we make of the mess we have made of things.”

“Great books are great teachers; they are showing us every day what ordinary people are capable of. These books come out of ignorant, inquiring humanity. They are usually the first announcements for success in learning. Most of them were written for, and addressed to, ordinary people.”

“The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.”

“Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away.”

“It wasn’t in books. It wasn’t in a church. What I needed to know was out there in the world.”

“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”

“I will be what I want. But I will have to want what I'll be. Success is in having success, not conditions for success.”