Gaining knowledge is extremely crucial for achieving success in life. The source of all knowledge -- books -- give us motivation, build our confidence, and train us to know right from wrong.

Books are also the medium of learning about past mistakes from which we can take great lessons. Almost every successful person will reveal that they have read hundreds of books as the go-to tool to feed their focus.

World Book Day, which is widely celebrated on April 23, honors books of all kinds, written by authors from all walks of life.

History of the day:

World Book Day was first proclaimed on April 23, 1995, by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The date was specifically chosen because it was the birth anniversary of both William Shakespeare, the notable English playwright, and Garcilaso de la Vega, a prominent Spanish Chronicler.

The UNESCO observes this day every year by promoting educational activities, creativity, diversity, encouraging mobile learning, and adopting initiatives to spread literacy to wider horizons.

To mark the occasion, here are a few quotes that are quintessential components of overall human development. (Courtesy: Goodreads)

  • "If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking." - Haruki Murakami
  • "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." - Jorge Luis Borges
  • "There is no friend as loyal as a book." - Ernest Hemingway
  • "I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book." - Groucho Marx
  • "It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it." - Oscar Wilde
  • "If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." - Toni Morrison
  • "The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame." - Oscar Wilde
  • "Books are a uniquely portable magic." - Stephen King
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