In today's era of mobile phones and internet, reading books is a lost art! Once a cornerstone of growth, reading now needs our conscious effort. From ancient philosophers to modern thinkers, everybody has continuously echoed the transformative power of books. Let's reignite this passion, celebrate the written word, and create a world where stories still ignite minds.
This is why we have curated a list of important quotes about reading to remind you of the joy, knowledge, and inspiration found within the pages of a book.
Best Reading Quotes
Civilization begins when everyone eats. Democracy begins when everyone reads.
Willy Thorn
Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.
Vera Nazarian
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
Victor Hugo
Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything.
Tomie
It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
S.I. Hayakawa
If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
Roald Dahl
Words change worlds.
Pam Allyn
Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while.
Malorie Blackman
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
Mary Wortley Montagu
Books train your imagination to think big.
Taylor Swift
Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.
Alberto Manguel
Short Quotes about Reading
Reading is an active, imaginative act; it takes work.
Khaled Hosseini
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Cicero
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.
Margaret Fuller
Books are a uniquely portable magic.
Stephen King
Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.
Harry S. Truman
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Joseph Addison
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
Frederick Douglass
Reading is essential for those who seek to rise about the ordinary.
Jim Rohn
A well-read woman is a dangerous creature.
Lisa Kleypas- A Wallflower Christmas
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
Mary Wortley Montagu
Read to escape, read to explore.
Book Quotes
Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.
Diane Duane
Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
Bill Patterson
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
Austine Phelps
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.
William Styron
If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
Toni Morrison
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
Horace Mann
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
Garrison Keillor
Every book is a journey into another world.
A good book is like a warm hug for the soul.
Books shape the silent dialogue within us.
In books, we find ourselves.
Just as people come into our lives for a reason, so do books.
There’s a book out there for every season of life.
Within the pages of a book, worlds are born anew.
Quotes on Reading Habit
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
Napolean Bonaparte
Reading is a way for me to expand my mind, open my eyes, and fill up my heart.
Oprah
I divide all readers into two classes; those who read to remember and those who read to forget.
William Lyon Phelps
Reading is the silent revolution of the mind.
A habit of reading turns moments of solitude into journeys of discovery.
The habit of reading is a candle that lights the darkest corners of the mind.
With every page turned, you rewrite the story of your existence.
Quotes about Reading by Famous Persons
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.
George R. R. Martin
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I do not have an excellent library.
Jane Austen
That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.
Jhumpa Lahiri
My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.
Abraham Lincoln
For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It’s not the most social pastime.
Audrey Hepburn
Reading is important. If you know how to read, then the whole world opens up to you.
Barack Obama
There is no friend as loyal as a book.
Ernest Hemingway
I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.
JK Rowling
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
I always felt if I can get to a library, I'll be okay.
Maya Angelou
What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?
Anthony Trollope
The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity...
A. Edward Newton
Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary.
Jim Rohn
Think before you speak. Read before you think.
Fran Lebowitz
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reading Books Captions
Lost in the pages. 📖✨
Reading is my therapy. 🛋️📖
A book a day keeps reality away.
Each book is a journey into the minds of those who came before us.
Exploring new worlds, one page at a time.
Bookworm mode activated. 🐛📚
In the quiet world of books, I find my loudest thoughts. 📖🧠
Books are the architects of the soul. 📚✨
Reading is my happy place.
Reading is my favorite form of travel, taking me to places my feet could never reach.
Reading rewires my soul, one page at a time, transforming my mind and spirit.
Busy bees need books too. 🐝📚
Dive into a book and reduce stress by up to 68%! Reading is the ultimate relaxation therapy. 📖😌
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