“Quote-ify” your church library

Using quotes from famous people, either religiously based or not can sometimes provide inspiration to your library users. In fact, if you have purchased a new item for your library, try searching the web for an inspiring quote somehow related to the subject the book deals with.

Post signs around your library to encourage borrowing. Highlight some words from your holdings’ authors.

Some examples…

Inspirational Quotes

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” Michelangelo

“Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.” Mahatma Gandhi

“Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God.”
Diana Robinson

Books and Reading Quotes

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me”
C.S. Lewis

“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.”
Desiderius Erasmus (Dutch Priest, Editor of the New Testament, 1469-1536)

I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.”
Mother Teresa of Calcutta

“A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.” Henry David Thoreau

Where can you find these and more? Try searching online at these good sources:

Bartletts Familiar Quotations http://www.bartleby.com/100
Quotations and Proverbs search http://www.faganfinder.com/quotes
Quotations Page http://www.quotationspage.com

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