“You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.”

“Five years from today, you will be the same person that you are today, except for the books you read and the people you meet.”

“You're the same today as you'll be in five years except for the people you meet and the books you read.”

“People are the same except for the books they read and the people they meet”

“Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be.”

“You are the same today that you are going to be five years from now except for two things: the people with whom you associate and the books you read.”

“Many times, when I was having a hard time with one of my children, God would always remind me that He was having a harder time with me than I was with them”