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Home » Teaching » Best Inspirational Reading Quotes for the Classroom

Best Inspirational Reading Quotes for the Classroom

June 20, 2023 by Lauren Leave a Comment

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Are you looking for some great reading quotes for the classroom this year? Whether you are looking for inspirational quotes for a hallway bulletin board or the classroom setting, I love offering some reading quotes from famous people from many different walks of life to my students.

We, teachers, know that the beautiful thing about reading is that it can open up the whole world to our students. Here are a few of my favorite education quotes from Dr. Seuss to Maya Angelou. I hope you find some great inspiration from these motivational reading quotes!

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Dr. Seuss

‘The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”

“You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book!”

Albert Einstein

“The only thing you must know is the way to the library.”

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”

Mark Twain

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”

Maya Angelou

“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”

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Roald Dahl

“If you are going to get anywhere in life, you have to read a lot of books.”

C. S. Lewis

“A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.”

Victor Hugo

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

Margaret Fuller

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

Groucho Marx

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

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Walt Disney

“There’s more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.”

Abraham Lincoln

“Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.”

“The things I want to know are in books. My best friend is the man who’ll get me a book I ain’t read.”

Descartes

“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest (people) of the past centuries.”

Frederick Douglass

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

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Taylor Swift

“Books train your Imagination to think big.”

Thomas Edison

“Never stop learning. Read the entire panorama of literature.”

Richard Steele

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

Jacqueline Kennedy

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

J. K. Rowling quote about reading

J.K. Rowling

“I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.”

“There’s always room for a story that can transport people to another place.”

“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.” 

Oprah Winfrey

“Reading is a way for me to expand my mind, open my eyes, and fill up my heart.”

Anna Quindlen

“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination and the journey. They are home.”

Gary Paulsen quote

Gary Paulsen

“Reading for me, is spending time with a friend.”

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Theodore Roosevelt

“I am a part of everything that I have read.”

Thomas Jefferson

“I cannot live without books.”

Malala Yousafzai

Malala quote

“Going to school, reading, and doing our homework wasn’t just a way of passing time, it was our future.”

“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”

“The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they couldn’t stop our minds from thinking.”

Francis Bacon

“Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.”

Robert Frost

“We go to school to learn what books to read for the rest of our lives.”

Kate DiCamillo

“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, or a duty. It should be offered as a gift.”

Chinese Proverbs

Chinese proverb about reading

“A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.”

“A good book is a good friend.”

“A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.”

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Emilie Buchwald

“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.”

Edmund Burke

“To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.”

I hope these classroom quotes about reading inspire you as you prep your classroom. Keep reading for more great teaching, travel, and mom info life! Sign up below for my free read-aloud monthly planner. If you need some great reading inspiration, be sure to check out this list from Common Sense Media on the 50 books all kids should read before age 12. Happy reading!

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