Famous Literacy Quotes

“Native ability without education is like a tree without fruit.”
- Aristippus

“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.”
- B.B. King

“When the student is ready, the master appears.”
- Buddhist Proverb

“We read to know we are not alone.”
- C.S. Lewis

“You're the same today as you'll be in five years except for the people you meet and the books you read.”
- Charlie "Tremendous" Jones

“When you sell a man a book you don't sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.”
- Christopher Morley

“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”
- Confucius