Shining Quotes

1891 Shining quotes by 1274 unique authors

Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks, and the setting sun with the last light of Durin’s Day will shine upon the key-hole. — J.R.R. Tolkien
The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains Shall come into his own! His crown shall be upholden,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The [Booker] prize was actually responsible in many ways for my political activism. I won this thing and I was suddenly the darling of the… — Arundhati Roy
The things that we preceive as beautiful may be different, but the actual characteristics we ascribe to beautiful objects are similar. Think about it. When… — James Redfield
There are stars in the night sky that look brighter than the others, and when you look at them through a telescope you realize you… — Jodi Picoult
As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. — Nelson Mandela
At night I would lie in bed and watch the show, how bees squeezed through the cracks of my bedroom wall and flew circles around… — Sue Monk Kidd
One June evening, when the orchards were pink-blossomed again, when the frogs were singing silverly sweet in the marshes about the head of the Lake… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Nor do we merely feel these essences for one short hour no, even as these trees that whisper round a temple become soon dear as… — John Keats
When you're given a brilliant child you polish her and let her shine. Pigs in Heaven — Barbara Kingsolver
Yes Leopold," Eleanor said in a low, mocking voice. "Do start to shine, please. I think I saw the rising, but I definitely missed the… — Eloisa James
Life is this simple: we are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and the divine is shining through it all the time. This… — Thomas Merton
Give your face to God, and He will put his shine on it. — Billy Sunday
You're love is nothing I can't fight. Can't sleep with a man who dims my shine. — Lady Gaga
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. — Roald Dahl
He had thought more than other men, and in matters of the intellect he had that calm objectivity, that certainty of thought and knowledge, such… — Hermann Hesse
Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait… — Epictetus
All Creatures know that some must die That all the rest may take and eat; Sooner or later, all transform Their blood to wine, their… — Margaret Atwood
He put my fingertips to his mouth and kissed them. Licked the trace of blood away. Made them clean. Then I knew the truth I… — Megan Hart
Evil (ignorance) is like a shadow-- it has no real substance of its own, it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a… — Shakti Gawain
To get back up to the shining world from there My guide and I went into that hidden tunnel, And Following its path, we took… — Dante Alighieri
It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great change. If you… — Vernon Howard
And what I was feeling was the wonder Of being more than me, of being more Than mere here and now allowed I had become… — Walter Dean Myers
So I say, if you are burning, burn. If you can stand it, the shame will burn away and leave you shining, radiant, and righteously… — Elizabeth Cunningham
You're a good Irishman, right?" When Butch nodded, V said, "Irish, Irish… let me think. Yeah…" Vishous's eyes sobered, and in a voice that cracked,… — J R Ward

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