Reading is of the most important habits one can cultivate when on a journey of self-development. Reading books fills you with knowledge on how to approach several areas of life and can make life a whole lot easier.
Here are 20 quotes that will inspire you to read more and fill you with the motivation to get enlightened.
- Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his needs, is good for him. — Maya Angelou
- There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book. — Frank Serafini
- Children are made readers on the laps of their parents. — Emilie Buchwald
- One of the greatest gifts adults can give—to their offspring and to their society — is to read to children. — Carl Sagan
- Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. — Groucho Marx
- There is no substitute for books in the life of a child. — May Ellen Chase
- To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelt out is a spark. — Victor Hugo
- It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations — something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own. — Katherine Patterson
- He that loves reading has everything within his reach. – William Godwin
- It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it. – Oscar Wilde
- The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. – Dr Seuss
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- Books are a uniquely portable magic. – Stephen King
- Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. – Charles W. Eliot
- A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading. – William Styron
- Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are. – Mason Cooley
- There is no friend as loyal as a book. – Ernest Hemingway
- If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island. – Walt Disney
- Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything. —Tomie dePaola
- Books break the shackles of time – proof that humans can work magic. – Carl Sagan
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