Books Quote by Thomas Davidson Download Open image ““associate with the noblest of people you can find; read good books; live with the mighty”” — Thomas Davidson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Good book
“No book is really worth reading, which does not either impart valuable knowledge; or set before us some ideal of beauty, strength, or nobility… — J.R. Miller Copy Share Image
“...the perusal of all excellent books is, as it were, to interview with the noblest men of past ages, who have written them.” — René Descartes Copy Share Image
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally and rightfully on the shelves of every cottage. They have no cause of their own to plead, but while they enlighten and sustain the reader his common sense will not refuse them. Their authors are a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share
“I promise that if you invest the time to read this book and apply what you learn, you will have a huge advantage over… — Guy P. Harrison Copy Share Image
“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise...” — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“I vow I shall give all my very best books to the underprivileged, once I have read them” — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“Books are the most precious things we have in this world. Anything you might want to know, you can find in a book.” — D.M. Pulley Copy Share Image
“The greatest hurdle one must overcome along the journey from peasantry to nobility is a commitment to reading and reflection. For nothing distinguishes the nobleman from the peasant more than knowledge and understanding. Vicar Sayeedi - Author” — Vicar Sayeedi Copy Share
“The great thing about being always among people of noble manners was the inevitable elevation of one's own.” — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“I was raised to respect books - the house was full of them. From the time I was little, it was drummed into our… — Martha Southgate Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Associate with noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty. But learn to be happy alone. Rely upon your… — Thomas Davidson Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image