Bright Quotes

1996 Bright quotes by 1325 unique authors

Part of the heartache of all missionary work is the bright promising convert who turns out to be a mere puffball, crumbling like a macaroon… — Isobel Miller Kuhn
In matters of dress we wish neither silk nor rags," President Hinckley said. "We seek for the clean look, call it a wholesome look, the… — Daniel H. Ludlow
Adorable in her not-very-bright submissiveness, charming in her childlike delight in shiny floors, even forgivable in her spiteful competition for the whitest, brightest wash, Madison… — Vivian Gornick
Your DVD collection is organized, and so is your walk-in closet. Your car is clean and vacuumed, your frequently dialed numbers are programmed into your… — David Brooks
To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter. — P T Barnum
Being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It's about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that… — Bob Goff
Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts, Thou fount of life, thou Light of men, From the best bliss that earth imparts We turn unfilled to… — Bernard of Clairvaux
The lamps are lit, the fires burn bright. The house is full of life and light. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed- But a waking dream of life and light Hath left me broken-hearted. Ah!… — Edgar Allan Poe
Most of the bright people don't work for you - no matter who you are. — Bill Joy
Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's… — John Milton
The clean tongue, the clear head, and the bright eye are birthrights of each day. — William Osler
Hoeing in the garden on a bright, soft May day, when you are not obligated to, is nearly equal to the delight of going trouting. — Charles Dudley Warner
Light was first Through the Lord's word Named day: Beauteous, bright creation! — Caedmon
There is a happy land, Far, far away, Where Saints in glory stand, Bright, bright as day. — Andrew Young
O sancta simplicitas! What strange simplification and falsification mankind lives on! One can never cease to marvel once one has acquired eyes for this marvel!… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge,… — Plato
Sparkling and bright in liquid light Does the wine our goblets gleam in; With hue as red as the rosy bed Which a bee would… — Charles Fenno Hoffman
A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. — William Wordsworth
Heaven's ebon vault Studded with stars unutterably bright, Through which the moon's unclouded grandeur rolls, Seems like a canopy which love has spread To curtain… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
And still the mad magnificent herald Spring assembles beauty from forgetfulness with the wild trump of April:witchery of sound and odour drives the wingless thing… — E E Cummings
When Emerson's library was burning at Concord, I went to him as he stood with the firelight on his strong, sweet face, and endeavored to… — Louisa May Alcott
If the business were a play, Act One is: Woohoo, bright and bushy-tailed. We're going to make something great! Act Two is: We're six months… — Caterina Fake
But at my back from time to time I hear The sound of horns and motors, which shall bring Sweeney to Mrs. Porter in the… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
It takes a Mother's Patience, to bring a child up right, And her Courage and her Cheerfulness to make a dark day bright. — Helen Steiner Rice

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