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.

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.

Five years from now you will be pretty much the same as you are today except for two things: the books you read and the people you get close to.