A motivational presentation about the wonderful world of books!

1. “The more that you
read, the more
things you will
know. The more that
you learn, the more
places you'll go.”
Dr. Seuss
A motivational presentation about the
wonderful world of books
by Mikhael Trammell

2. “To learn to read is to
light a fire; every
syllable that is spelled
out is a spark.”
Victor Hugo
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
Stephen King

3. “When I look back, I am so
impressed again with the life-
giving power of literature. If I
were a young person today,
trying to gain a sense of myself
in the world, I would do that
again by reading, just as I did
when I was young.”
Maya Angelou

4. “A book is the most
effective weapon
against intolerance and
ignorance.”
Lyndon Baines Johnson
"Not all readers are
leaders, but all
leaders are readers."
Harry S. Truman

5. “Reading is to the mind what
exercise is to the body.”
Sir Richard Steele

6. “There is more treasure
in books than in all the
pirate's loot on
Treasure Island.”
Walt Disney

7. “What a miracle it is that out of these
small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds
world after world after world, worlds that
sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite
you. Books help us understand who we are
and how we are to behave. They show us
what community and friendship mean; they
show us how to live and die.”
Anne Lamott

8. "Once you
learn to
read, you “If one reads
will be enough
forever books one
free." has a
fighting
Frederick chance. Or
Douglass better, one’s
chances of
survival
increase
with each
book one
reads.”
Sherman
Alexie

9. “A good book is an education of the heart. It enlarges your sense of human
possibility, what human nature is, of what happens in the world. It’s a
creator of inwardness.” Susan Sontag

10. “No matter how
busy you may
think you are, you
must find time for
reading, or
surrender yourself
to self-chosen
ignorance.”
Confucius

11. “Every reader finds
himself. The writer’s work
is merely a kind of optical
instrument that makes it
possible for the reader to
discern what, without this
book, he would perhaps
never have seen in
himself.”
Marcel Proust

12. “What can I
say?
Librarians
rule.”
Regis Philbin I couldn’t
agree more,
Regis!