Shining Quotes

1891 Shining quotes by 1274 unique authors

I also wonder why is it that so many of the movies and books that are detective stories are also the most aesthetically interesting? From… — Christopher Bollen
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved, in a tear of the sisters of Phaeton, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar. It… — Martial
Loveliest of women! heaven is in thy soul, Beauty and virtue shine forever round thee, Bright'ning each other! thou art all divine! — Joseph Addison
This conference ? of, for and about women ? is, in itself, a rainbow in the clouds. When numerous women come together and show that… — Maya Angelou
Two ways the rivers Leap down to different seas, and as they roll Grow deep and still, and their majestic presence Becomes a benefaction to… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In every kind of endeavor, there are ample opportunities for extra effort. Grab those opportunities, embrace that extra effort and transform ordinary mediocrity into bright… — Ralph Marston
The good shine from afar Like the snowy Himalayas. The bad don't appear Even when near, Like arrows shot into the night. — Gautama Buddha
Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. — John Dryden
The light for drawing from nature should come from the North in order that it may not vary. And if you have it from the… — Leonardo da Vinci
If you have wit, use it to please and not to hurt: you may shine like the sun in the temperate zones without scorching. — Lord Chesterfield
Fond man! though all the heroes of your line Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine In proud display; yet take this truth from… — Juvenal
But truths on which depends our main concern, That 'tis our shame and misery not to learn, Shine by the side of every path we… — William Cowper
E'en Sunday shines no Sabbath day to me. — Alexander Pope
My center does not come from my mind - it feels in me like a plot of warm moist well tilled earth with the sun… — Georgia O'Keeffe
Thanks for the American dream, to vulgarize and falsify until the bare lies shine through. Thanks for a country where nobody's allowed to mind their… — William S. Burroughs
Oh mysterious world of all light, thou hast made a light shine within me, and I have grown in admiration of thy antique beauty, which… — Paul Gauguin
Developing confidence is like watching the sun rise. First it seems very feeble and one wonders whether it will make it. Then it shines and… — Chogyam Trungpa
We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not… — Marianne Williamson
Though folly, robed in purple, shines, Though vice exhausts Peruvian mines, Yet shall they tremble and turn pale When satire wields her mighty flail. — Charles Churchill
When you have a brilliant sun, which is a source of vision, the light from the sun shines through every window of the house, and… — Chogyam Trungpa
From the sea of effortlessness, let your great uncaused compassion shine forth. — Hakuin Ekaku
Then all this earth shines like one house. — Ramana Maharshi
A shining isle in a stormy sea, We seek it ever with smiles and sighs; To-day is sad. In the bland To-be, Serene and lovely… — Mary C. Ames
The body will shine if the character is fine; service of man and worship of God will preserve its charm. — Sathya Sai Baba
Roads are wet where'er one wendeth, And with rain the thistle bendeth, And the brook cries like a child! Not a rainbow shines to cheer… — Mary Howitt

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