What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it.
It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit.
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.