81 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. You may also be encouraged by these poems about books.


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



  3. 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



  4. 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



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



  6. 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



  7. I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. Robert Louis Stevenson
    Poems About Reading



  8. Books, gateways to bygone times we seek, windows into eras now long asleep. Catherine Pulsifer, Gateway To Bygone Times
    Poems About Libraries



  9. Life is like a book, one chapter finishes, another begins. So as you graduate we wish you a best seller! Author Unknown
    Graduation Poems



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



  12. Books spark realms unseen and dreams secure, leading minds beyond confines of mundane light. Catherine Pulsifer, Pages Whisper
    Poems About Imagination



  13. When it comes to learning, a book has no bounds...rather than say I don't know in a book, solutions do show. Catherine Pulsifer, Through Books And Lessons
    Poems About Learning



  14. The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. Melody Beattie
    New Years Wish



  15. 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



  16. Oh, the many books I have read some quite good and others I dread. Short ones, long ones on many different topics, new ones, old ones, some are truly relics. Catherine Pulsifer, Take A Look
    Quotes about Reading



  17. 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



  18. You can cover a great deal of country in books. Andrew Lang
    Weekly Poems



  19. 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



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



  21. Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. Thomas Jefferson
    Quotes about Library



  22. 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



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



  25. The Bible is the most important book in the world because it tells us how we can have eternal life. Rick Warren
    Christian Quotes For Life



  26. Books lend to a lifelong path unfurl, where literacy’s flame forever swirls. Catherine Pulsifer, Books
    Poems About Literacy



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



  28. The pages are blank, the sheets are white, it is up to me, what will happen and what I'll write. Catherine Pulsifer, My Book
    Poems About New Year's Eve



  29. 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



  30. Graduation is a time to look towards the future, but don't forget to take with you the knowledge and wisdom you have gained from the books you have read. Author Unknown
    Graduation Poems For Daughter



  31. 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



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



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



  34. 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



  35. My house is full of well-loved books - they're scattered round the place - in unexpected corners - on the shelves and in the case.
  36. 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



  37. I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others doesn't make me love the less successful one any less. Alex Haley
    Poems About Parent



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



  39. 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 Attitude Poems



  40. 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



  41. 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



  42. For books by poet, seer and sage; for easy chairs and middle-age...I give Thee thanks!
  43. 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



  44. 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



  45. 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



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



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



  48. 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



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



  51. 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



  52. 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



  53. You cannot open a book without learning something. Confucius
    Graduation Poems for High School



  54. 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



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



  57. 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



  58. 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
    Poems



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



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



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



  63. 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



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



  65. Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. Charles W. Eliot
    Quotes About Literacy



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



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



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



  70. 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



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



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



  74. 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



  75. 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



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



  78. 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 Quotes



  79. 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



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



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



  83. 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



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



  86. 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 Quotes



  87. 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



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



  89. A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
  90. 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



  91. 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



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



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



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

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