If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. - Jim Rohn

The difference between where you are today and where you'll be five years from now will be found in the quality of books you've read.

The third major lesson in life is this: learn how to nourish and protect your crops all summer. Sure enough, as soon as you’ve planted, the busy bugs and noxious weeds are out to take things over. And here is the next bit of truth: they will take it, unless you prevent it.

Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary.