"When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young."

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free”

There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all

"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader."

“Resist any struggle over the inheritance left by your parents, education is the best gift parents can give as an inheritance “

A book is a gift you can open again and again

There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book.

Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.

One of the greatest gifts adults can give—to their offspring and to their society—is to read to children

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.

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.

Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.

Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.

There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

Let us read and let us dance—two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.

In Africa, poverty is not only about lack of resources, it is more about lack of possessing the right key through literacy

"When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young."