Famous quotes that encourage reading include:

1. If I can survive, of course I will still study. ——Lu Xun

2. If a scholar wants to declare his righteousness, he must first read his book. ——Wang Fu

3. Learning to start with fame and fortune is like building a house without a foundation and building it up to more than ten feet long. ——Yan Yuan

4. A book is like a ship, leading us from a narrow place to the infinite ocean of life. ——Keller

5. People who don’t read will stop thinking. Everyone longs for knowledge. Once the desire for knowledge is extinguished in him, he ceases to be a human being. —— Nansen