Candle Quotes

631 quotes by 469 authors

The sun of liberty is set; you must light up the candle of industry and economy. — Benjamin Franklin
When the candles are out all women are fair. — Plutarch
The Reader may here observe the Force of Numbers, which can be successfully applied, even to those things, which one would imagine are subject to… — John Arbuthnot
Now I must take you to a very interesting part of our subject-to the relation between the combustion of a candle and that living kind… — Michael Faraday
You will be astonished when I tell you what this curious play of carbon amounts to. A candle will burn some four, five, six, or… — Michael Faraday
If Thomas Edison had gone to business school, we would all be reading by larger candles. — Mark McCormack
As one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many, yea in some sort to our whole nation. — William Bradford
We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. — Robert H. Shaffer
I remember the day I started school; my mother's tears as I skipped away; birthdays with candles on the cake, too soon too many abandoned… — Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire
The old faiths light their candles all about, but burly Truth comes by and puts them out. — Lizette Woodworth Reese
That which once was, will be no more. Yesterday will never come again. To-day is passing, and will not return. You may work while it… — Richard Baxter
Stories live in your blood and bones, follow the seasons and light candles on the darkest night-every storyteller knows she or he is also a… — Patti Davis
'Light fuse and get away' may work for a Roman candle, but not so much for the wrath of a woman scorned. — Jeph Jacques
Now, near the Winter Solstice, it is good to light candles. All the nice meanings of bringing light to the world can be beautiful. But… — Ralph Levy
Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there. — Unknown Author
He is like a man using a candle to look for the sun — Unknown Author
I want to shine like a little candle before His altar. — Therese of Lisieux
I am so grateful for after-school snack time, when I light a candle, pour some tea, slice some apples, and get to listen in on… — Laurie David
All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me. — Fred Rogers
Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only… — Stephen King

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