“In always wanting to be comfortable, you become lazy.
In always wanting perfection, you become angry.
In always wanting to be rich, you become greedy.”

“I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.”

“If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.”

“I've always known I'd be a bank robber. So judge all you want, ladies and gentlemen. Because you never did become an astronaut.”

“I've always wanted to be an expert on tadpoles. I've always fancied being a tadpole expert. It's a wonderful life if you become an experty tadpoleous, as they are known in the trade. You get invited to all the smart parties and social gatherings.”

“If you want your country to be right, you have to be right. As Christ said, you must become perfect as the Father in heaven is perfect.”

“You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.”

“And it was too late. No one wants to believe something is too late, but it is always becoming too late, and then it is.”

“Writing is hard work. But if you want to become a writer you will become one. Nothing will stop you.”

“If you want to steal, steal a little in a nice way. But if you steal too much to become rich overnight, you'll be caught.”