Top 100 Books Inspirational Quotes
#1. The door could not be heard slamming; they had probably left it open, as is the custom in homes where a great misfortune has occurred.
Franz Kafka
#2. Books had taught me new ideas and had shown me ways of life that I would not have known about otherwise, and they offered a refuge when, like now, real life seemed too hard.
Peg Kehret
#3. There's a hunger for stories in all of us, adults too. We need stories so much that we're even willing to read bad books to get them, if the good books won't supply them.
Philip Pullman
#4. Books pull you to other worlds ... let them, and enjoy the adventure.
H.B. Bolton
#5. I have lived in worlds beyond counting and countries as strange and wonderful as the dance of dust in sunbeams, because I have lived in books.
Garon Whited
#6. Anxiety and depression, and the physical symptoms they cause, are merely distractions and smokescreens to "protect" you from dangers, which are usually, imaginary.
Charles F. Glassman
#7. Right now, we're living in an ugly chapter of our lives, but books always get better!
Chris Colfer
#8. Whether a religion is of peace or violence should be defined by the actions of its people, not by some books.
Abhijit Naskar
#9. So I do not pray. I accept the means at my disposal for working out my destiny. It seems to me that I have been given a mind and will power for that very purpose.
Zora Neale Hurston
#10. I think part of why I have so many books around me and why I read every day is because I mythologize the writer. I don't do that with any other artists.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
#11. Know yourself and go in swinging, if it hurts when you hit, it might be real, too.
Patrick Ness
#12. Books allowed my imagination to take flight and it hasn't landed yet
Lynn Payne
#13. Reading is dreaming. Reading is entering a world of imagination shared between reader and author. Reading is getting beyond the words to the story or meaning underneath.
Paul Kropp
#14. Facts that have been forges into history first appear as incoherent text scribbled on aged paper. Only as we examine the whole of that which we know, can we surmise the elements of that which we do not.
Ron Mayes
#15. It is time to browse through the precious books that have meant the most to you that you may rediscover illuminating phrases and sentences to light your pathway to the future ...
Wilferd Peterson
#16. It is only by choice that our true nature is revealed.
J.D. Netto
#17. One must own that there are certain books which can be read without the mind and without the heart, but still with considerable enjoyment.
Virginia Woolf
#18. Action, not philosophy will get you going. Pick yourself up and move forward. That is the only way you can still enjoy life while you are blessed to be living it.
Charles F. Glassman
#19. Most people's major life changes don't come from reading an article in the newspaper; they come from reading longer-form essays or thoughtful books, which are much more convincing and detailed.
Aaron Swartz
#20. Religion doesn't divide the society. The humans reading the wrong books to understand religion, do.
Abhijit Naskar
#21. Most books are about aspects of human knowledge - Few people write books about human ignorance, despite the fact that there would be much more to write about
Piero Scaruffi
#22. I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well.
Mark Twain
#24. Speak up and speak clearly. I want to hear what you have to say because it matters. Let's listen to each other and respect one another's opinions. Although, they may be different, wisdom allows us to be responsible for our own feelings and actions.
Felicia Johnson
#25. Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos ... to celebrate a world that lies spread out around us like a bewildering and stupendous dream.
John Cheever
#26. To get along with God,
Consider the consequences of your behavior.
Earthseed: The Books of the Living
Octavia E. Butler
#28. Self-growth does not always mean that we've changed. It means that we've stopped listening to what others say we 'ought' to be doing and finally live our lives according to our own values.
Anthea Syrokou
#29. I write because in my books, I can experience those (mad and crazy) things that I won't be able to do in my real life
Anamika Mishra
#30. All you need is Faith, Trust and a little Pixie Dust
J.M. Barrie
#31. Feel-good books were ones you could put down with a smile on your face, books that made you think the world was a little crazier, stranger, and more beautiful when you looked up from them.
Katarina Bivald
#32. My heart weighs heavy from all of the books I have not yet written
Stephen Birch
#33. The fear of being alone is a great obstacle to attracting the relationship that is right for you.
Charles F. Glassman
#35. There will always be road construction in life, and never a point when all the highways are fixed. Keep walking.
R.S. Vern
#36. The day when on the cover of my books, my name will appear in bigger fond than the title of my book- I will stop writing because that would be the death of the writer in me.
Kirtida Gautam
#37. The Secrets of' series of books by psychotherapist D. U. Sivri are designed to give you a better outlook on life. The author is an expert and skillfully gets you thinking about your life and how it is unfolding. He challenges you and gives you the tools to build a better life.
D.U. Sivri
#38. Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
Maya Angelou
#39. The truth is, I feel myself being fascinated and repelled by her: She's both a mirror of myself and a door to part of this island that I'm not.
Maggie Stiefvater
#40. The Measure of success isn't money or the number of books you write, it is seen in the faces of those you love
Jason W. Blair
#41. Some people will love my books, some people will hate them, and others will regard them with odd curiosity. Who do I cherish the most of these people? All of them ... Because they have given me their time and time is a precious and irreplaceable thing.
Ella Dominguez
#42. Businesses, like babies and books, need nurturing, time, energy, love, planning and, yes, money to develop, grow and prosper.
Rachael Bermingham
#45. Sometimes we just need a little break from this thing we call 'life', and step into the cartoon life for a moment
Andrea L'Artiste
#46. Who is as free as a writer? Nadie es tan libre como un escritor . . . No one is as free as a writer!
Sofia Espinoza Alvarez
#47. Living a spiritual life may not be easy. It demands total authenticity. It brings you to dance to a unique song that only you can hear fully, and sometimes you dance alone because no others can hear the music.
Debra Moffitt
#49. Everything is in you, Sad, Joy, Mercy... Those you think of, you feel...
when you feel, you act... So be wise in thinking....
Giridhar Alwar
#50. To speak without shame about books we haven't read, we would thus do well to free ourselves of the oppressive image of cultural literacy without gaps, as transmitted and imposed by family and school, for we can strive toward this image for a lifetime without ever managing to coincide with it.
Pierre Bayard
#51. My writing legacy would be my true depiction of life; exploring the entire colorful spectrum of people, both good and bad, capturing it in words and exposing it to all cultures in a respectful manner - In a way that would stand the test of time.
Diane Martin
#53. Be patient and be yourself. Unbelievable that I needed to consume weeks worth of books and seminars to learn that.
John Duover
#54. Free spirits have to soar." "True Religion
Ziggy Marley
#55. Books choose their readers, not the other way around. I believe that booksellers are the matchmakers. Thank you.
Cecelia Ahern
#56. Everyone creates realities based on their own personal beliefs. These beliefs are so powerful that they can create [expansive or entrapping] realities over and over.~Kuan Yin
Hope Bradford
#57. The entire idea of sin, is based on books of the dead people. It is a sociological invention founded on textual fanaticism.
Abhijit Naskar
#58. Read an hour every day in your chosen field. This works out to about one book per week, fifty books per year, and will guarantee your success.
Brian Tracy
#59. Books are the best conductors of knowledge, they transfer knowledge efficiently from one human to another with 0% knowledge loss inbetween.
Chandan Sharma
#60. We nurture the candle flames that show the way ahead. We are guerrillas of the word, unsung heroes breathing softly on the embers of the human mind, so that they might re-ignite the hearths around which we once found safe haven. The book is the Light and the Life.
Mark Cantrell
#61. How do you even start a book you know is going to be your last?
Scott Stambach
#62. I don't think anybody should read anything except for fun because you won't learn anything unless you enjoy it.
Alasdair Gray
#63. EVERYONE deserves to be happy. But no one gets there by freaking out or sulking or running. So. Here's a tissue. Clean yourself up and start back at the beginning.
A.S. King
#64. When a stargirl cries, she sheds not tears but light.
Jerry Spinelli
#65. Everyone's life is an evolution of emotions, spirit and beliefs. The storyline changes, plots thicken, main characters mature and new spiritual journeys begin. This is true of inspirational authors. Their books represent only the stages of their life. New triumphs of the soul have yet to be written!
Shannon L. Alder
#66. The worst book imaginable has a redeeming quality if it gets a young person to read.
Tiffini Johnson
#67. The soul-Self doesn't follow the crowd. It encourages you to speak up when you need to and live by your truth.
Debra Moffitt
#68. Read books. Care about things. Get excited. Try not to be too down on youself. Enjoy the ever present game of knowing.
Hank Green
#69. How many books on manifesting will you buy before your realize that all you have manifested is a bunch of useless books? Do more than just wish; CREATE! Do more than just want; ACT!
Steve Maraboli
#71. Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons. Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for wanting an education and survived, in her keynote speech to the United Nations, 12th July 2013.
Malala Yousafzai
#72. If you feel that your happiness is attached with someone....
Keep remember that the happiness never be yours.
Giridhar Alwar
#73. Songs. Books. Poetry. Paintings. These things reveal truth. I believe lies and truth are tangled together.
Brenda Sutton Rose
#74. Life is like a friendship, eventually it will end, by conflict or God's hand"
-Sons In The Clouds
Randy Mitchell
#75. Thinking is contagious ... so choose whom you surround yourself with carefully!
Or at least take precautions so as not to infect yourself with other people's thinking!
Jennifer O'Neill
#76. Sit in a room and read
and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.
Joseph Campbell
#77. If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are hiding, waiting everywhere. You just have to open your eyes and your heart.
Kate DiCamillo
#78. Ocean waves gently rock the boat,
As if to the tune of a lullaby.
She sits still as the boat silently floats
Under the infinite blue sky.
Rachel Lewis
#79. It's easy to write upcoming scenes in books and television shows. Trusting God to write them in real life is a lot harder. But it's worth it. And you have to admit, it's an adventure.
Janice Thompson
#80. Your present is what you live, but your past is what you carry.
Dan Sanders
#81. I do note with interest that old women in my books become young women on the covers ... this is discrimination against the chronologically gifted.
Terry Pratchett
#82. Finding one's place in the world is never easy.
Have courage and be true to who you are.
Remember, those who dare to be different are
Often the ones who change the world.
Christopher Paolini
#83. Above all mediums, through which storytelling is conveyed, none has the potential to draw us in, to hold us spellbound, but the unassuming book.
Diana Jane Heath
#84. I spend money on convenient, comfortable and luxurious things; I spend money on books too.
Amit Kalantri
#85. It's the witching hour once more-
When the Muse comes out to play.
He calls me through that magic door-
Where galaxies of worlds await!
Belle Whittington
#86. Stories never really end ... even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page.
Cornelia Funke
#87. You're the same today as you will be in five years except for 2 things : The people you meet n the books you read.
Sharon L. Lechter
#88. Reading books is like your own emotional and wishful life that you could see yourself living.
Sarah Johnson
#89. As an author, I want to write what I'm inspired to write. Not what my readers want me to write. I feel like the books will ultimately be better if my heart is fully into what I'm writing.
Colleen Hoover
#90. My books are inspirational,comical and uplifting, with a twist of mystical, a whiff of magical and a heavy dose of romance to boot!
Julie Poole
#91. Writing is a psychological process. It is the process of taking what is in your mind and sharing it with others.
Gudjon Bergmann
#92. Sometimes, I'm brave.
Sometimes, I'm just stubbron.
Nigia Stephens
#93. If you set yourself to it, you can live the same life, rich or poor. You can keep on with your books and your ideas. You just got to say to yourself, "I'm a free man in here" - he tapped his forehead - "and you're all right.
George Orwell
#95. I think falling in love is like discovering the magic of books. You think to yourself, 'how was I living before this?
Kamand Kojouri
#96. Flowers don't tell, they show. That's the way good books should be too.
Stephanie Skeem. Author of Flotsam
Stephanie Skeem
#97. Books have played a role in almost every one of the world's great civil and human rights movements, but only because people who read them decided to act. Reading brings with it responsibility.
Will Schwalbe
#98. The first step to Happiness is deciding exactly what kind of life you want. That kinda comes from experience.
I.B. Opene
#99. True fragrance speaks for itself. It does not require to be pointed out by the bearer.
Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
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