Literacy And Children Quotes by Matthew Kelly, J. K. Rowling, Kofi Annan, Horace Mann, Walt Disney, George W. Bush and many others.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul.
I will defend the importance of bedtime stories to my last gasp.
Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.
A house without books is like a room without windows.
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates’ loot on Treasure Island…
You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
