There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
- Mark Twain

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

God may have made man first, but there is always a rough draft before a final copy.