Books Quote by Gustave Flaubert

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

— Gustave Flaubert

“Live to read, read to learn.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“To read is to humble yourself to learn and to love yourself to be entertained.”

— Miranda A. Uyeh

“I want the kids to enjoy reading not only today but for the rest of their lives.”

— Ron Clark

“Live to read. Read for life.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Read to live, not live to read”

— Edward Bulwer

“Children learn to read by being in the presence of books.”

— Horace Mann

“We so often seek what we’re deprived of in childhood. Sheltered children become reckless. Starving children become ambitious.”

— A.G. Riddle

“Read to a child today so they can discover the joy of reading.”

— Irene Menendez

“His main example was to read like a child--very curiously and carefully ... But with the full intellectual sophistication of a brilliant adult.”

— Daniel Menaker

“Some read to learn, some to laugh, and some to live.”

— Joyce Rachelle

“Reading means living many lives.”

— William Wyatt