1. “Go to bed smarter than when you woke up.” ―Charlie Munger
  2. “Read 500 pages every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest.” ―Warren Buffett
  3. “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” ―George R.R. Martin
  4. “Read what you love until you love to read.” ―Naval Ravikant
  5. “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” ―Jim Rohn
  6. “Successful people have libraries. The rest have big-screen TVs.” ―Jim Rohn
  7. “Reading is the ultimate meta-skill that can be traded for anything else.” ―Naval Ravikant
  8. “We become the books we read.” ―Matthew Kelly
  9. “The difference between where you are today and where you’ll be five years from now will be found in the quality of books you’ve read.” ―Jim Rohn
  10. “In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time – none, zero.” ―Charlie Munger
  11. “I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” ―Ralph Waldo Emerson
  12. “I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books.” ―Gary Paulsen
  13. “If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.” ―J.K Rowling
  14. “No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.” ―Atwood H. Townsend
  15. “It is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.” ―Donna Tartt
  16. “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” ―Frederick Douglass
  17. “Reading can teach you the best of what others already know. Reflection can teach you the best of what only you can know.” ―James Clear
  18. “Everybody can read what I read, it is a level playing field.” ―Warren Buffett
  19. “You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice.” ―John Morley
  20. “Develop into a lifelong self-learner through voracious reading; cultivate curiosity and strive to become a little wiser every day.” ―Charlie Munger
  21. “I read books.” ―Elon Musk (when asked how he learned to build rockets).
  22. “As long as I have a book in my hand, I don’t feel like I’m wasting time.” ―Charlie Munger
  23. “It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.” ―Jim Rohn
  24. “All I have learned, I learned from books.” ―Abraham Lincoln
  25. “I think it helps to read broadly, what good does it do to know everything about one little thing if you don’t know how it fits into the world, and how the world is going to affect it.” ―Howard Marks
  26. “He that loves reading has everything within his reach.” ―William Godwin
  27. “Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled ‘This could change your life.’” ―Helen Exley
  28. “Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.” ―Edmund Burke
  29. “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” ―Harry Truman
  30. “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” ―Joseph Addison
  31. “Miss a meal if you have to, but don’t miss a book.” ―Jim Rohn
  32. “I just sit in my office and read all day.” ―Warren Buffett
  33. “Reading is important. If you know how to read, then the whole world opens up to you.” ―Barack Obama
  34. “The only thing worse than not reading a book in the last ninety days is not reading a book in the last ninety days and thinking that it doesn’t matter.” ―Jim Rohn
  35. “I would continuously search for new ideas. I read every book and magazine I could. Heck, 3 bucks for a magazine, 20 bucks for a book. One good idea that led to a customer or solution and it paid for itself many times over.” ―Mark Cuban
  36. “Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary.” ―Jim Rohn
  37. “What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.” ―Thomas Carlyle
  38. “Reading’s the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films it’s someone else’s vision, isn’t it?” ―Lemmy Kilmister
  39. “The things that change your life are: the people you meet, the classes you take, and the books you read.” ―Jim Rohn
  40. “If you read every day, you will eventually develop expertise.” ―Greg McKeown
  41. “Everything I read was public. Anyone could buy the same books and magazines. The same information was available to anyone who wanted it. Turns out most people didn’t want it. Most people won’t put in the time to get a knowledge advantage.” ―Mark Cuban
  42. “Books that don’t deliver timeless insights don’t stick around. Time filters out what works from what doesn’t. And there is no need to waste time on ones that don’t last.” ―Shane Parrish
  43. “The book you don’t read can’t help.” ―Jim Rohn
  44. “Everything you need for a better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.” ―Jim Rohn
  45. “You’d be amazed at how much Warren reads – at how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I’m a book with a couple of legs sticking out.” ―Charlie Munger
  46. “Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You’ll find what you need to find. Just read.” ―Neil Gaiman
  47. “Be curious. Read widely.   Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.” ―Aaron Swartz
  48. “Reading time is limited, it should be directed at the knowledge that lasts. The opportunity cost of reading something new is re-reading the best book you’ve ever read.” ―Shane Parrish
  49. “You almost have to read the stuff you’re reading, because you’re into it. You don’t need any other reason. There’s no mission here to accomplish. Just read because you enjoy it.” ―Naval Ravikant
  50. “I’ve not found one single mutual fund, one single real estate investment, any gold, silver or anything else that has given me higher returns than: me investing in myself.” ―Patrick Bet-David
  51. “Reading a book is among the most high-leverage activities on earth.” ―Greg McKeown
  52. “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ―Mark Twain
  53. “I often feel sorry for people who don’t read good books; they are missing a chance to lead an extra life.” ―Scott Corbett
  54. “Reading an hour a day is only 4% of your day. But that 4% will put you at the top of your field within 10 years. Find the time.” ―Patrick Bet-David
  55. “Whether I’m at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I’m looking forward to reading.” ―Bill Gates
  56. “Never force yourself to read a book that you do not enjoy. There are so many good books in the world that it is foolish to waste time on one that does not give you pleasure.” ―Atwood H. Townsend
  57. “There are no shortcuts to mental fitness. Much like compound interest, reading has compounding benefits.” ―Christopher Begg
  58. “You can never be wise unless you love reading.” ―Samuel Johnson
  59. “You see, one of the best things about reading is that you’ll always have something to think about when you’re not reading.” ―James Patterson
  60. “When I was in my twenties and broke, I’d buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.” ―Gabrielle Zevin
  61. “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
  62. “I learned to write by reading the kind of books I wished I’d written.” ―Barbara Kingsolver
  63. “There is no proper time and place for reading. When the mood for reading comes, one can read anywhere.” ―Lin Yutang
  64. “A book is the cheapest ticket you will ever hold.” ―Stefanos Livos
  65. “We human beings build houses because we’re alive, but we write books because we’re mortal.” ―Daniel Pennac
  66. “Reading is an addiction that I adore.” ―Vianka Van Bokkem
  67. “A book can give you an experience of someone’s life in a few hours, and this is far more profitable than any sale that’s going on.” ―Neeraj Agnihotri
  68. “I can think of no better way to become more intelligent than sit down and read.” ―Warren Buffett
  69. “Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent.” ―Stephen King
  70. “The power of reading a great book is that you start thinking like the author.” ―Tony Robbins
  71. “The reason that reading is so important, there have been millions and billions and billions and gazillions of people that have lived before all of us, there’s no new problem you can have, with your parents, with school, with a bully, with anything. There’s no problem you can have that someone hasn’t already solved and wrote about it in a book.” ―Will Smith
  72. “It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.” ―C. S. Lewis
  73. “The more you read, the better you’re going to become as a storyteller.” ―Stan Lee
  74. “Collect books, even if you don’t plan on reading them right away. Filmmaker John Waters has said, “Nothing is more important than an unread library.” ―Austin Kleon
  75. “An attentive reader will always learn more, and more quickly, from good authors than from life.” ―Hervé Le Tellier
  76. “No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought that counts.” ―Bob Proctor
  77. “Books are more precious than jewels. She truly believed this. What did a diamond bring you? A momentary flash of brilliance. A diamond scintillated for a second; a book could scintillate forever.” ―Veronica Henry
  78. “The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains proves that he has no brains of his own. You need to read.” ―Charles Spurgeon
  79. “The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.” ―James Bryce
  80. “Read things you’re sure will disagree with your current thinking.” ―Joel Salatin
  81. “Keep on reading, thinking, doing and writing! Words keep introducing their friends to you.” ―Toba Beta
  82. “It doesn’t make sense to read something unless you can absorb the information and apply it to your daily life.” ―Jim Kwik
  83. “You are what you eat and read.” ―Maya Corrigan
  84. “It’s just God’s gift. If you’re into self-education, there’s nothing like reading. Of course, people do a lot of it have an enormous advantage.” ―Charlie Munger
  85. “Owning a book is a third of the goal. The others are actually reading it and applying it.” ―Israel Wayne
  86. “There is no problem that a library card can’t solve.” ―Eleanor Brown
  87. “Books train your mind to imagination to think big.” ―Taylor Swift
  88. “Some men think more than they read. Others read more than they think. Those who practice both, grow wise. Those who follow neither, remain ignorant.” ―John Leland
  89. “Ever since I discovered how reading stimulates the mind’s imagination, I have never stopped reading” ―James Hauenstein
  90. “There is no limit to what you can read.” ―Lailah Gifty Akita
  91. “In the morning, nurture your mind with good books. At night, write yours.” ―Michael Bassey Johnson
  92. “Read. Dream. Repeat.” ―Richelle E. Goodrich
  93. “There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people’s books and write your own.” ―Albert Einstein
  94. “Reading one page of a book and implementing is much better than reading the book to completion and doing nothing. Books are meant to be used.” ―Mac Duke
  95. “Fools read fast. Geniuses reread.” ―Maxime Lagacé
  96. Reading really is one of the best remedies for stupidity.” ―Jon Etter
  97. “If you haven’t read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent because your personal experiences alone aren’t broad enough to sustain you.” ―Jim Mattis
  98. “I absolutely look at people’s bookshelves. And I have some judgment. I mean, they’re openly showing you themselves.” ―Andrew Sean Greer
  99. “A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people. ” ―Will Rogers
  100. “Read a lot of books. History is shaped by those who read.” ―Abdul Malik Omar

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