100 Great Quotes on Importance of Reading Books

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Importance of reading quotes from book and quotes about the benefits of reading for your children, parents, teachers and general people. Below we have mentioned a list of reading quotes, and the importance of reading based on a previous article on this topic (See post here). 

Reading develops your brain and helps you do better in all school subjects or works. Reading not only makes you a better student but also helps you become a better person.

As important as reading is, did you know that many families (and some schools) have no books for children to read. A survey says that 800 million people around the world cannot read or write. Luckily, you are already a strong reader. Helping others to read and emphasizing the importance of reading will be your most valuable gift.

You can even share these quotes via social media so that you never thought or a, quote could change someone’s life. The person who knows how to read has the ability to enhance his own ability, to make his life meaningful and interesting by the quality of his appearances.

10 Reading Quotes for Kids

Here are some of our favourite quotes about reading books for kids

1. "So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install, A lovely bookshelf on the wall." – Roald Dahl
2. “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” – Walt Disney
3. “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” – Frederick Douglass
4. “A book is a gift you can open again and again.” – Garrison Keillor
5. “The things I want to know are in books. My best friend is the man who’ll get me a book I [haven’t] read.” – Abraham Lincoln
6. “I find television very educating.  Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” – Groucho Marx
7. “Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.” – Dr. Seuss
8. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
9. “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.” – Lemony Snicket
10. “Writing is thinking on paper.” –  William Zinser

10 Moral Quotes from Panchatantra Story Book 

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Panchatantra is story book which teaches children about value of friendship, how to understand people, how to protect ourselves from our enemies. This is told in simple interesting stories. Reading it will definitely improve our commonsense. Few moral quotes are here:

1. Do not entertain a person whose character is unknown.
2. Make friends within your own class.
3. Listen to the advice of the superiors.
4. Commonsense is superior to scholarship.
5. Nothing to do when it is too late.
6. An intelligent defeat a mighty.
7. Reality does not change with the appearance.
8. Never believe promises made by an enemy, try to find the reality.
9. Trick is your weapon for cunning enemy.
10. Hasty decision leads to disaster. 

--- Panchatantra written by Vishnu Sharma (in Sanskrit language.)

10 Short Quotes-Inspirational about Reading

1. “So please, oh PLEASE, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install, A lovely bookshelf on the wall.” — Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2. “Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.”  – Mary Schmich
3. “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” – Stephen King
4. “No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. — Lady Montagu
5. “To learn to read is to light a fire” — Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
6. “You can find magic wherever you look.  Sit back and relax all you need is a book!” – Dr. Seuss
7. “Books train your mind to imagination to think big – Taylor Swift
8. “If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.” – Roald Dahl
9. “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body – Joseph Addison
10. “The whole world opened up to me when I learned to read” – Mary McCleod Bethune

10 Literacy Quotes from Books for Parents

1. “Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.” – Kofi Anan
2. “Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” –  Emilie Buchwald
3. “There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.” – Mary Ellen Chase
4. “Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.” – Kate DiCamillo
5. “When I say to a parent, “read to a child”, I don’t want it to sound like medicine. I want it to sound like chocolate.” – Mem Fox
6. “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” – Margaret Fuller
7. “You may have tangible wealth untold; Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be - I had a Mother who read to me.” –  Strickland Gilliland
8. “To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.” – Victor Hugo
9. “One of the greatest gifts adults can give—to their offspring and to their society—is to read to children.” – Carl Sagan
10. “Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words!” – Betty Smith

10 Inspirational Quotes for Teachers

Don’t forget about your colleagues — and yourself! Whenever you need a motivation to get your creative and lively way, check out these quotes about teaching children to read. You are in a noble profession!

1. “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
2. “I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library.” – Jorge Luis Borges
3. “There is no frigate like a book, to take us lands away” – Emily Dickinson
4. “So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky.” – William James
5. “A house without books is like a room without windows.” – Heinrich Mann
6. “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
7. “Wear the old coat and buy the new book.” – Austin Phelps
8. “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
9. “Comics are a gateway drug to literacy.” – Art Spiegelman
10. “You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.” – Paul Sweeney

50 Quotes on Importance of Reading Books by Authors

1. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.”— Dr. Seuss, “I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!”
2. “There are many little ways to enlarge your world.  Love of books is the best of all.” – Jacqueline Kennedy
3. “There are worse crimes than burning books.  One of them is not reading them.” – Ray Bradbury
4. “Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.” – Edmund Burke
5. “The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest (people) of the past centuries.” – Descartes
6. “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” – Richard Steele”
7. "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
8. When you learn to read you will be born again…and you will never be quite so alone again." —Rumer Godden
9. "We read to know we are not alone." —C.S. Lewis
10. "So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky." —William James
11. "There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all." —Jacqueline Kennedy
12. "The greatest gift is a passion for reading." —Elizabeth Hardwick
13. "There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book." —Marcel Proust
14. "A book is a gift you can open again and again." —Garrison Keillor
15. "Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope." —Kofi Annan
16. "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." —Frederick Douglass
17. "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
18. "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
19. "Children are made readers on the laps of their parents." —Emilie Buchwald
20. "One of the greatest gifts adults can give—to their offspring and to their society—is to read to children." —Carl Sagan
21. "You may have tangible wealth untold; caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be. I had a mother who read to me." —Strickland Gillian
22. "Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty.  It should be offered to them as a precious gift." —Kate DiCamillo
23. "Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light." —Vera Nazarian
24. "Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read." —Groucho Marx
25. "There is no substitute for books in the life of a child." —May Ellen Chase
26. "To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark." —Victor Hugo
27. "A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, the author is speaking, clearly and silently, inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another. Books break the shackles of time—proof that humans can work magic." —Carl Sagan
28. "A house without books is like a room without windows." —Heinrich Mann
29. "A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever." —Louis L’Amour
30. "Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything." —Tomie dePaola
31. "It is books that are the key to the wide world; if you can’t do anything else, read all that you can." —Jane Hamilton
32. "I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves." —Anna Quindlen
33. "A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read." —Mark Twain
34. "Comics are a gateway drug to literacy." —Art Spiegelman
35. "He that loves reading has everything within his reach." —William Godwin
36. "Let us read and let us dance—two amusements that will never do any harm to the world." —Voltaire
37. "Wear the old coat and buy the new book." —Austin Phelps
38. "I will defend the importance of bedtime stories to my last gasp." —JK Rowling
39. "Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier." —Kathleen Norris
40. "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
41. "I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library. —Jorge Luis Borges
42. "Fairy tales in childhood are stepping stones throughout life, leading the way through trouble and trial. The value of fairy tales lies not in a brief literary escape from reality, but in the gift of hope that goodness truly is more powerful than evil and that even the darkest reality can lead to a Happily Ever After. Do not take that gift of hope lightly. It has the power to conquer despair in the midst of sorrow, to light the darkness in the valleys of life, to whisper “One more time” in the face of failure. Hope is what gives life to dreams, making the fairy tale the reality." —L.R. Knost
43. "Read, read, read." —William Faulkner
44. "Read. Everything you can get your hands on. Read until words become your friends. Then when you need to find one, they will jump into your mind, waving their hands for you to pick them. And you can select whichever you like, just like a captain choosing a stickball team." —Karen Witemeyer
45. "Books are a uniquely portable magic." —Stephen King
46. "Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time." —E.P. Whipple
47. "A lot of people ask me if I were shipwrecked and could only have one book, what would it be? I always say, “How to Build a Boat.” —Stephen Wright
48. "Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. —Richard Steele
49. "There is a wonder in reading Braille that the sighted will never know: to touch words and have them touch you back." —Jim Fiebig

Topics for Discussion:

• What is your favourite reading quote mentioned above?  Why?
• Why is reading important in our life?
• How has reading helped you become a better person in society?
• How do you think the planet would be different if everyone knew how to read?