Melvil Dewey Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“A library's function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way: information, inspiration, and recreation. If a better way than the book can be found, we should use it.”
-- Melvil Dewey

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“Reading is a mighty engine, beside which steam and electricity sink into insignificance.”
-- Melvil Dewey

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“To my thinking, a great librarian must have a clear head, a strong hand, and, above all, a great heart. And when I look into the future, I am inclined to think that most of the men who achieve this greatness will be women.”
-- Melvil Dewey

#Strong Quotes #Heart Quotes #Greatness Quotes
“The time was when a library was very like a museum and the librarian a mouser among dusty books. The time is when the library is a school and the librarian in the highest sense a teacher.”
-- Melvil Dewey

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“The eternal conflict of good and the best with bad and the worst is on.”
-- Melvil Dewey

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“The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant.”
-- Melvil Dewey

#Librarian Quotes #Triumphant Quotes #Militant Quotes
“Our great function is to inform or to inspire, or to please; to give to the public in the quickest and cheapest way information, inspiration, and recreation on the highest plane. If a better way than the books is found we should use it.”
-- Melvil Dewey

#Book Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Giving Quotes
“Women can endure pain with fortitude, and they can perform monotonous tasks with patience.”
-- Melvil Dewey

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