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title: "7 Bright Shining Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Bright Shining quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Bright Shining sayings and thoughts."
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> [You've always been free. You've always been bright and shining. Everything else is just nonsense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-adams/you-ve-always-been-free-you-ve-always-been-bright-and-shining/)

[Robert Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-adams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/robert-adams-4362_free_you-ve-always-been-free-you-ve-always-be_222279.png)

> [I think America is still a bright, shining city on the hill - not because we're perfect but because we struggle in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/condoleezza-rice/i-think-america-is-still-a-bright-shining-city-on-the-hill-not/)

[Condoleezza Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/condoleezza-rice/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/condoleezza-rice-807_america_i-think-america-is-still-a-bright-shinin_844481.jpg)

> [Rainbows are people whose lives are bright, shining examples for others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/rainbows-are-people-whose-lives-are-bright-shining-examples-for-others/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fe/maya-angelou-104_example_rainbows-are-people-whose-lives-are-brig_1432188.png)

> [“The last thing he wanted was to see the bright, shining, happy faces of the other angels up there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-crofoot/the-last-thing-he-wanted-was-to-see-the-bright-shining-happy-faces-of/)

[Joel Crofoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-crofoot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/joel-crofoot-58679_angel_the-last-thing-he-wanted-was-to-see-the_1808760.jpg)

> [“light bright shining”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-tallmountain/light-bright-shining/)

[Mary Tallmountain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-tallmountain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15d/mary-tallmountain-261004_quote_light-bright-shining-1888333_1888333.jpg)

> [That luminous part of you that exists beyond personality - your soul, if you will - is as bright and shining as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/that-luminous-part-of-you-that-exists-beyond-personality-your-soul-if/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/george-saunders-317_believe_that-luminous-part-of-you-that-exists-be_2880507.jpg)

> [You don't need to be a star to be a bright and shining one to that friend in need.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jett/you-don-t-need-to-be-a-star-to-be-a-bright-and-shining-one-to-that/)

[Brian Jett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/brian-jett-59573_friend_you-don-t-need-to-be-a-star-to-be-a-brig_3176519.jpg)

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