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title: "22 Better Light Quotes by 20 authors"
description: "Browse 22 Better Light quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Better Light sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b57/anonymous-1_darkness_better-to-light-one-small-candle-than-to_1135554.jpg"
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> [Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/better-to-light-one-small-candle-than-to-curse-the-darkness/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-roosevelt/it-is-better-to-light-a-candle-than-curse-the-darkness/)

[Eleanor Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-roosevelt/)

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> [“It's better to light up a small light, than to swear at the dark.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-hronsk/it-s-better-to-light-up-a-small-light-than-to-swear-at-the-dark/)

[J.C. Hronský](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-hronsk/)

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> [It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese/it-is-better-to-light-one-candle-than-to-curse-the-darkness/)

[Chinese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinese/)

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> [Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/sometimes-it-is-better-to-light-a-flamethrower-than-curse-the-darkness/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-s-better-to-light-a-candle-than-to-curse-the-darkness/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Remember, it is better to light one little candle than to curse the darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gorshin/remember-it-is-better-to-light-one-little-candle-than-to-curse-the/)

[Frank Gorshin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gorshin/)

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> [For the night Shows stars and women in a better light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/for-the-night-shows-stars-and-women-in-a-better-light/)

[Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/)

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> [When Life Seems To Put Out Every Light You Have, It Is Better To Light A Candle Than To Complain About The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/when-life-seems-to-put-out-every-light-you-have-it-is-better-to-light/)

[Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/)

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> [You can't move the sun, and you can't even move the tracks, so you have to do something else to better light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-winston-link/you-can-t-move-the-sun-and-you-can-t-even-move-the-tracks-so-you-have/)

[O. Winston Link](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-winston-link/)

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> [It's hard to open up and share your story, but it's definitely well worth it. It puts you at peace. It gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/breanna-stewart/it-s-hard-to-open-up-and-share-your-story-but-it-s-definitely-well/)

[Breanna Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/breanna-stewart/)

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> [“I have always loved the expression it’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness because it's about hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roma-downey/i-have-always-loved-the-expression-it-s-better-to-light-a-candle-than/)

[Roma Downey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roma-downey/)

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> [“said to the man who stood at the Gate of the Year, “Give me a light that I may tread safely into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shawcross/said-to-the-man-who-stood-at-the-gate-of-the-year-give-me-a-light/)

[William Shawcross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shawcross/)

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> [And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: "Give me a light that I may tread…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/minnie-louise-haskins/and-i-said-to-the-man-who-stood-at-the-gate-of-the-year-give-me-a/)

[Minnie Louise Haskins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/minnie-louise-haskins/)

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> [“Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.’ And he replied, ‘Go out into the darkness and put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stevenson/give-me-a-light-that-i-may-tread-safely-into-the-unknown-and-he/)

[William Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-stevenson/)

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> [Its better to light a candle then to curse the darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabe-melendrez/its-better-to-light-a-candle-then-to-curse-the-darkness/)

[Gabe Melendrez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabe-melendrez/)

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> [It's better to light a candle than to curse the dark In the eyes of the youth, there are question marks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/it-s-better-to-light-a-candle-than-to-curse-the-dark-in-the-eyes-of/)

[K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/)

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> [It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/it-is-better-to-light-one-small-candle-of-gratitude-than-to-curse-the/)

[Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/)

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> [“It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-roosevelt/it-is-better-to-light-a-single-candle-than-to-curse-the-darkness/)

[Eleanor Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-roosevelt/)

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> [Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinese-proverb/better-to-light-a-candle-than-to-curse-the-darkness/)

[Chinese Proverb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinese-proverb/)

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> [When we compliment others, we begin to see ourselves in a better light also. - adaeze don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adaeze-don/when-we-compliment-others-we-begin-to-see-ourselves-in-a-better-light/)

[Adaeze Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adaeze-don/)

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> [“Twas said better to light a candle than curse the dark...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mccammon/twas-said-better-to-light-a-candle-than-curse-the-dark/)

[Robert McCammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mccammon/)

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