66 Book Quotes

Be motivated by these book quotes. These short book quotes show us the wisdom contained throughout their pages. Books can be used for educational purposes, for research, for relaxing the mind with stories of glee and happiness or to travel to a far off land without leaving home.

For those who have been raised in an era before all technological devices that are now used to read, there was always the pleasant thought of curling up before a roaring fire on a winter's day with a cherished book. There seemed to be something magical about holding a book, smelling the ink emitted from its pages and turning each page as if one was traveling over the next hill to see what lay beyond.

Books are an opportunity to learn, an opportunity to enjoy, and an opportunity to challenge your mind, to motivate and to inspire you.

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  1. Oh, books of mine! .....Each treasured volume has a glory that seems a part of the divine, Howard Carleton Tripp, My Books
    Positive Poems



  2. A family is like a book and each chapter not to be overlooked Catherine Pulsifer, A Family Is
    Poems About Family



  3. A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors. Charles Baudelaire
    Garden Poems



  4. How many books have we read searching for the truth? The Bible has all the answers we need - we just need to read and study it. Catherine Pulsifer
    Christian Poems



  5. In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. Mortimer J. Adler
    Poems Of Encouragement



  6. Everyone who knows how to read has it in their power to magnify themselves, multiple the ways in which they exist, to make their life full, significant, and interesting. Aldous Huxley
    Poems about Life



    7. Life is too short to read a bad book.
  7. Life is too short to read a bad book. James Joyce
    Irish Blessing Quotes



  8. Go to your friend for sympathy; that is natural. Go to your books for comfort, for counsel. Angela Morgan
    Friendship Poems



  9. The Bible is the book of my life. It's the book I live with, the book I live by, the book I want to die by. N. T. Wright
    Quotes About The Bible



  10. Now close the book and lay it away - the Old Year's Book; we have read it through; leaf after leaf, and day after day we have turned the pages Unknown, The Old Year's Book
    New Year Poems



  11. Reading a book can take us to a place - into the lives and what people face Catherine Pulsifer, Reading A Book
    Poems On Adventure



  12. May some good book enrich the passing hours. Joseph H. Crooker
    Short Prayers



  13. But this my song of thankfulness, and this my song of praise—
    thank God for all the friendly books, for every magic phrase Wilhelmina Stitch, A Thanksgiving
    Thanksgiving Poems



    14. My house is full of well-loved books - they're scattered round the place - in unexpected corners - on the shelves and in the case.
  14. My house is full of well-loved books - they're scattered round the place - in unexpected corners - on the shelves and in the case. Patience Strong
    Bedside Books



  15. I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn. Robert Frost
    Fire and Ice Poem



  16. But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most. Peter Davison
    Poems About Poetry



  17. There is no friend as loyal as a book. Ernest Hemingway
    Quotes For A Friend



  18. Books are like cheap mini vacations. Michelle M. Pillow
    Poems About Vacation



  19. Through page on page and find therein, to my profound surprise, full proof, through this great wonder Book, that God's all-seeing eyes Strickland Gillilan
    The Book For All Time



    20. The mustiness of an old book library is akin to the most aromatic dish I've tasted.
  20. The mustiness of an old book library is akin to the most aromatic dish I've tasted. Freddy J. W. Parkes
    Inspirational Poems



  21. Seek wisdom from great books and inspiration from good men J. H. Tewksbury
    Wisdom Poems



  22. And yes, there are lots of negative - negative people, negative tv, negative books - but you can be influenced by the positive by the books you read, the tv you watch, and the people you spend your time with. Catherine Pulsifer
    Positive Influence



  23. Old friends, old books are surely best, already long they've stood each test Charles R. Williams, Old Friends, Old Books
    New Friends and Old Friends



  24. How many books are around this day that we were written more than 1500 years ago Catherine Pulsifer, See You In Heaven?
    Poems About The Bible



    25. For books by poet, seer and sage; for easy chairs and middle-age...I give Thee thanks!
  25. For books by poet, seer and sage; for easy chairs and middle-age...I give Thee thanks! May Carlexon Lord, I Give Thee Thanks!
    Thanksgiving Prayers



  26. Ah, yes, the chapter ends to–day; we even lay the book away; but oh, how sweet the moments sped Paul Laurence Dunbar, The End of The Chapter
    Poems About Time



  27. While I've never actually experienced the thrills of walking through an English castle of old but yet I've caressed each damp wall, cast my eyes beyond every fortified turret, and walked boldly past massive wooden gates through the pages of a book. Byron R. Pulsifer
    Inspirational Quotes



  28. The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    Famous Poets



  29. No book can be appreciated until it has been slept with and dreamed over. Eugene Field
    Famous Poems



  30. Have you read the Scriptures? Have you had a real good look?
    If you seek for confirmation, you will find it in God's Book. Greta Zwaan, The Things God Has Done
    Poems About God



    31. For every book you read, a new adventure adds to your spirit of knowledge.
  31. For every book you read, a new adventure adds to your spirit of knowledge. Rosy Lee Anderson
    Adventure Quotes



  32. Let us learn to be content with what we have....A few books full of the inspiration of a genius David Swing, Contentment
    Poems About Joy



  33. You may not alone have the inner strength to smash your way through adversity but internalizing the stories told through books of those who did lend ammunition to carry on. Theodore W. Higgingsworth
    Adversity Quotes



  34. You cannot open a book without learning something. Confucius
    High School Graduation



  35. I have had many companions that change over time but never the thoughts contained within the pages of cherished books. Kate Summers
    Positive Quotes About Change



    36. Take the Bible - read the Bible - 'Tis a precious, precious book
  36. Take the Bible - read the Bible - 'Tis a precious, precious book Daniel C. Colesworthy
    Read The Bible



  37. A library of ancient and old texts hold the combined recipes for all those similar events that will be seen today and tomorrow. Robert Rivers
    Thought Provoking Quotes



  38. Life is like a book, each chapter has its ups and downs, but what is important is that you keep going you fulfill your purpose. Catherine Pulsifer
    A New Chapter In Life Poem



  39. I love my books, I love to read the things they're all about Lucy P. Scott, The Seasons
    Poems About The Seasons



  40. Never judge a book by its movie. J. W. Eagan
    Cute Quotes



    41. Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
  41. Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you. Harold Bloom
    Time



  42. If I could I'd avoid the cold, and sit in my cozy home. I'd put on a fire and sit with a book, and hope for winter to roam. Julie Hebert, Winter Madness
    Winter Poems



  43. Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books. Bell Hooks
    Life Quotes



  44. I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage. Charles De Secondat
    Trouble



    45. When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.
  45. When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it. Marie de Sevigne
    Motivational Quotes



  46. There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love. Christopher Morley
    Love Quotes



  47. The Bible is the book of my life. It's the book I live with, the book I live by, the book I want to die by. N. T. Wright
    My Mother's Bible



  48. Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier. Kathleen Norris
    Knowledge



    49. Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
  49. Wear the old coat and buy the new book. Austin Phelps
    Lifestyle Quotes



  50. There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away, nor any coursers like a page of prancing poetry. Emily Dickinson, A Book
    Quotes About Poetry



  51. I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. Groucho Marx
    Quotes To Live By



    52. Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
  52. Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. Mark Twain
    Health



  53. A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. G. K. Chesterton
    Truth



  54. Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book. Dwight D. Eisenhower
    Defeat Quotes



    55. The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity.
  55. The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity. Thomas Carlyle
    Action Quotes



  56. Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom. George William Curtis
    Sustainability Quotes



  57. Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress about. Britney Spears
    Stress Quotes



    58. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
  58. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Sir Richard Steele
    Fitness Quotes



  59. Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi. Oprah Winfrey
    Solutions



  60. There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read. G. K. Chesterton
    Adaptation Quotes



  61. The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book. Northrup Frye
    Innovation Quotes



    62. A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
  62. A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return. Salman Rushdie
    Independence Quotes



  63. Of all the books in the world, the Bible is the best seller year after year. You can read it and reread it and every time you will find something new. Catherine Pulsifer
    The Bible



  64. When it's winter, I shall look a my memory picture book. Wilhelmina Stitch
    Later On



  65. A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking. Jerry Seinfield
    Thoughtful Quotes



  66. Say the books, "Home is here. We dispel despair and fear.'" Wilhelmina Stitch
    Home Is Here

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