For certain people, misfortune is a beacon that lights up the dark and baser sides of social life. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I'd rather see the United States as a beacon of good work and good citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Once freedom lights its beacon in man's heart, the gods are powerless against him. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
A mother's love is like a beacon, Burning bright with Faith and Prayer, And through the changing scenes of life, We can… — Helen Steiner Rice Copy Share Image
England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high tea, ice-cream… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
I'm the beacon of hope, and I have mental powers you never dreamed of. Now be quiet. — David Klass Copy Share Image
I love the paranormal, because there, every genre I write can become one beacon for my imagination. — Leslie Banks Copy Share Image
The story and study of the past, both recent and distant, will not reveal the future, but it flashes beacon lights along… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Laughter is one of the great beacons in life because we don't refract it by gunning it through our intellectual prism. What… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
Everyone had clearly spent far too long perfecting their appearance. I used to feel intimidated by people like this; now I see… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
Even on the poorest streets people could be heard laughing. Some of these streets were completely dark, like black holes, and the… — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
Joe Arpaio needs no help from me getting attention. For years he has been a beacon of bigotry and intolerance for all… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
It is rather astonishing that the United States does not play ball with the ICC, considering our country was the beacon of… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
In speaking powerfully and eloquently for mercy and reconciliation to people divided by old hatreds and persecuted by abuse of power, the… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Do not let your "eye" be drawn by the false "beacon lamps" -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
You truly help people with the things that you sell. Once you are aware of that vital piece of information every demonstration,… — Chris Murray Copy Share Image
Daniel Day-Lewis is particularly a sort of beacon I've been following for some time. For God's sake, I'm not even in his… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
The key thing for a CEO to keep their head in the game is recognize that there's turbulent times, plan for, you… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. But… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Soul mates are brought together for a reason. All their lives they have been preparing for each other. When they look back… — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
Because I'm on the phone, Mom!" "Fooling around with your friends again! Who is that?" "Ahmadinejad." "Oh, my goodness! What is he… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
Our community of rebels, of humble truth seekers, wants to turn our culture around. We don't despise our country. We don't desire… — Joel Salatin Copy Share Image
There's more attention paid to entertainers than ever and less that they have to say. Not that entertainers were ever a great… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
We have written the evidence of our existence onto the surface of our planet. Our civilisation has become a beacon, that identifies… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
My dream is for my flowers to act as beacons and rallying points across the planet - bringing people together on a… — Ana Tzarev Copy Share Image
The world would have you believe that you are not significant, out of touch, and out of style. But remember who you… — Elaine S. Dalton Copy Share Image
For generations, America has served as a beacon of hope and freedom for those outside her borders, and as a land of… — Spencer Bachus Copy Share Image
Jesus is giving you such an opportunity to be holy, holier than all the saints that have ever been, because the world… — Mother Angelica Copy Share Image
It is the everlasting disgrace of the Clinton Administration that it has chosen to betray America's heritage as a beacon of freedom,… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
Each of us, Leonard Read said, must become candles of liberty in the darkness of collectivist ideas. The brighter we each shine… — Richard Ebeling Copy Share Image
For life is the best thing we have in this existence. And if we should desire to believe in something, it should… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I have the right ideas, but my words are too... complicated. I need to simplify them, so that people won't get lost… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
America has not been a story or a byword. That small community of Pilgrims prospered and, driven by the dreams and, yes,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Very few pilots even know how to read Morse code anymore. But if a pilot could read Morse code, he could tell… — Mike Ferguson Copy Share Image
Statues and children frame the Eiffel Tower and its watery image. When the Germans occupied Paris, they housed a beacon light in… — Maynard Owen Williams Copy Share Image
Louis Armstrong is the master of the jazz solo. He became the beacon, the light in the tower, that helped the rest… — Ellis Marsalis, Jr Copy Share Image
The follies, vices, and consequent miseries of multitudes, displayed in a newspaper, are so many admonitions and warnings, so many beacons, continually… — Thomas Hartwell Horne Copy Share Image
Our role in the world is not to roam the globe looking for new dictators to topple. Our role in the world… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
Startups are the engines of exponential growth, manifesting the power of innovation. Several big companies today are startups of yesterday. They were… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
The coercive power of government is always a beacon to those who want to dominate others -- summoning the worst dregs of… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
