#reading

Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#reading #leadership

If you’re a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can. You will read when you feel like it, and you will read when you don’t. You will do whatever you have to do to increase your leadership input, because you know as well as I do that it will make you better. ↗

— Bill Hybels

#reading #leadership

My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity. ↗

— Malcolm X

#reading #life

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#i #life #people #people say #prefer

Have you really read all those books in your room?” Alaska laughing- “Oh God no. I’ve maybe read a third of ‘em. But I’m going to read them all. I call it my Life’s Library. Every summer since I was little, I’ve gone to garage sales and bought all the books that looked interesting. So I always have something to read. ↗

— John Green

#library #reading #life

Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading. ↗

— Ruth Rendell

#escapism #life #reading #life

Language is the soul of intellect, and reading is the essential process by which that intellect is cultivated beyond the commonplace experiences of everyday life. ↗

— Charles Scribner, Jr.

#commonplace #cultivated #essential #everyday #everyday life

if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#reading #writing #self-worth

Books wrote our life story, and as they accumulated on our shelves (and on our windowsills, and underneath our sofa, and on top of our refrigerator), they became chapters in it themselves. ↗

— Anne Fadiman

#books #reading #stories #story #life

So I kept reading, just to stay alive. In fact, I'd read two or three books at the same time, so I wouldn't finish one without being in the middle of another -- anything to stop me from falling into the big, gaping void. You see, books fill the empty spaces. If I'm waiting for a bus, or am eating alone, I can always rely on a book to keep me company. Sometimes I think I like them even more than people. People will let you down in life. They'll disappoint you and hurt you and betray you. But not books. They're better than life. ↗

— Marc Acito

#people #reading #life