Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.
Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development... For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.... Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.
Today you are you! That is truer than true!
So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky.
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
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!
It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
One of the greatest gifts adults can give - to their offspring and to their society - is to read to children.
Words are the voice of the heart.
I will defend the importance of bedtime stories to my last gasp.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
A house without books is like a room without windows.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read.
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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