"Light" Quotes

“God didn’t promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for tears, and light for the way.” 

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.”  Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Life's a "candle in the wind." Share the light with as many people as you can before it gets blown out.  Rosie Cash

Light is the symbol of truth.  James Russell Lowell

Light is the first of the painters.  There is no object so foul, that intense light will not make it beautiful.  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 

There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle.  Robert Alden

There are two ways of spreading light:  To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.  Edith Wharton

For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections.  Peace Pilgrim

Let your light shine.  Shine within so you can shine on someone else.  Let your light shine.  Oprah Winfrey

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.  Nelson Mandela

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.--Helen Keller

All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.  Fred Rogers a.k.a. "Mister Rogers"

Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light.  Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.  Napoleon Hill

Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that.  Martin Luther King, Jr.

Stay the course, light a star, Change the world where’er you are.  Richard Le Gallienne

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.  Rabindranath Tagore

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars. Og Mandino

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.  Oliver Wendell Holmes

The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it. Augustus Hare

Those having lamps will pass them on to others.  Plato (originally Aristoles)

The light, which experience gives, is a lantern on the stern, which shines only on the waves behind us.  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.  Henry David Thoreau

Beautiful light is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is often the strongest and best.  R. Tumbull

Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.  Sydney J. Harris

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.  I am not bound to succeed, but to live by the light that I have.  I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right,  and part with him when he goes wrong.  Abraham Lincoln

People are like stained-glass windows.  They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance.  Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.  Jim Rohn

Never fear shadows. They simply mean that there's a light somewhere nearby.  Ruth E. Renkei

When you have come to the edge Of all light that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness Of the unknown, Faith is knowing One of two things will happen:  There will be something solid to stand on or You will be taught to fly.  Patrick Overton

Some people change their ways when they see the light; others when they feel the heat.  Caroline Schoeder

Words do two major things; they provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.  Jim Rohn

The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.  Matthew Arnold

You can’t have a light without a dark to stick it in.  Arlo Guthrie

Moonlight is sculpture.  Nathaniel Hawthorne

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.  Aaron Rose

There are two kinds of light-the glow that illuminates, and the glare, that obscures.  James Thurber

Against the darkness outer

God’s light his likeness takes,

And he from the mighty doubter

The great believer makes.

Richard Watson Gilder

Hope, like the gleaming taper's light

Adorns and cheers our way

And still, as darker grows the night,

Emits a brighter ray.

Oliver Goldsmith (The Captivity)

Though my soul may set in darkness,

It will rise in perfect light,

I have loved the stars too fondly

To be fearful of the night.

Sarah Willians

So shines against the darkness outer

God’s light his likeness takes,

And he from the mighty doubter

The great believer makes.

And I said to the one who stood at the gate of the year,

"Give me a light that I may tread safely into the Unknown."

And he replied, "Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God.

That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way."

Minnie Haskins

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.  Chinese Proverb

Firelight will not let you read fine stories but it’s warm and you won’t see the dust on the floor.  Irish Proverb

If the eye does not want to see, neither light nor glasses will help.  German Proverb

A light is still a light-even though the blind man cannot see it.  Austrian Proverb

When the will is ready the feet are light.  Proverb Quote

May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day.  May songbirds serenade you every step along the way.  May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that’s always blue.  And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.  Irish Blessing