1. The lights are on at three and the chickens are on at five, which is when men are studying. Black-haired people don't know how to study diligently early, and white-haired people regret studying late. ——Yan Zhenqing

2. If a bird wants to fly high, it first flutters its wings; if a person wants to make progress, he first studies. ——Li Kuchan

3. The work is accomplished by hard work, and wasteful by play; actions are accomplished by thinking, and destroyed by casualness. ——Han Yu

4. Don’t wait for a moment. The young man’s head will turn gray and he will feel sad. ——Yue Fei

5. To establish oneself is to establish one’s studies first, and to establish one’s studies is to read. ——Ouyang Xiu

6. If young people don’t work hard, old people will be sad. ——"Han Yuefu·Chang Ge Xing"

7. Without learning, one cannot expand talents, and without ambition, one cannot achieve learning. ——Zhuge Liang

8. Read more than ten thousand volumes, and write like a master. ——Du Fu

9. If you want to know the affairs of the world, you must read the books of the ancients. ——Feng Menglong

10. The method of reading is to proceed step by step, read carefully and think deeply. ——Zhu Xi

11. Reading a good book is like making a good friend. ——Zang Kejia

12. Read more than ten thousand volumes, and write like a god. ——Du Fu

13. People who do not study will stop thinking. —— Diderot

14. Anyone who reads useless books is just playing with things and losing hope. ——(Qing Dynasty) Wang Yu

15. Reading is to wisdom as gymnastics is to body. ——(British) Proverb

16. If you don’t know the taste of reading, it is better to sit in a high cabinet; what a stupid fish, you will eat dross all day long. ——(Qing Dynasty) Yuan Mu

17. If a bird wants to fly high, it first flutters its wings; if a man wants to make progress, he first studies. ——Li Kuchan

18. There is no better entertainment and more lasting satisfaction than reading. ——(British) Proverb

19. Advance knowledge to achieve harmony, and think far ahead when traveling. ——Zi Yan

20. You can go a day without eating, you can go a day without sleeping, and you can’t go a day without reading books. ——Mao Zedong