Shining Quotes

1891 Shining quotes by 1274 unique authors

...You have to pass an exam, and the jobs that you get are either to shine shoes, or to herd cows, or to tend pigs.… — Arthur Rimbaud
These stupid peasants, who, throughout the world, hold potentates on their thrones, make statesmen illustrious, provide generals with lasting victories, all with ignorance, indifference, or… — Stephen Crane
The literary world is made up of little confederacies, each looking upon its own members as the lights of the universe; and considering all others… — Washington Irving
I know you're shining down on me from Heaven, like so many friends we've lost along the way. And I know eventually we'll be together,… — Mariah Carey
Writing is a tool of transformation and can shine the light on the inside, dispelling darkness, taking us through external layers, bringing us closer to… — Unknown Author
I just love life. I love people. I love to write, that's my gift. I love to sing. I have a good attitude. I like… — Dolly Parton
Everybody has a part of her body that she doesn't like, but I've stopped complaining about mine because I don't want to critique nature's handiwork… — Alfre Woodard
I see shining fish struggling within tight nets, while I hear orioles singing carefree tunes. Even trivial creatures know the difference between freedom and bondage.… — Du Fu
We must have the glory sink into us before it can be reflected from us. In deep inward beholding we must have Christ in our… — Alexander MacLaren
I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding from Jesus Christ. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Commerce has set the mark of selfishness, the signet of its all-enslaving power, upon a shining ore, and called it gold: before whose image bow… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Bush Administration do have moral values. Their moral values are very explicit: shine the boots of the rich and the powerful, kick everybody else… — Noam Chomsky
The hand that holds the seven stars is as loving as the hand that was laid in blessing upon the little children; the face that… — Alexander MacLaren
'Tis sorrow builds the shining ladder up, Whose golden rounds are our calamities, Whereon our firm feet planting, nearer God The spirit climbs, and hath… — James Russell Lowell
God, make me brave for life: oh, braver than this. Let me straighten after pain, As a tree straightens after the rain, Shining and lovely… — Grace Noll Crowell
Shame on such a morality that is worthy of pariahs, and that fails to recognize the eternal essence that exists in every living thing, and… — Arthur Schopenhauer
When the moon shall have faded out from the sky, and the sun shall shine at noonday a dull cherry red, and the seas shall… — William Jacob Holland
Beloved youth, you will have your trials and temptations through which you must pass, but there are great moments of eternity which lie ahead. You… — Ezra Taft Benson
Do not be depressed. Do not let your weakness make you impatient. Instead, let the serenity of your spirit shine through your face. Let the… — Peter Damian
Which direction do we take? The one prompted by the passions or the one indicated by the star which shines in your conscience? The Magi… — Pope Benedict XVI
The "name" of the Most Holy Trinity is in a certain way impressed upon everything that exists, because everything that exists, down to the least… — Pope Benedict XVI
So shine on through these days we have to fill. — John the Apostle
It is false to speak of realisation. What is there to realise? The real is as it is always. We are not creating anything new… — Ramana Maharshi
Measure not God's love and favour by your own feeling. The sun shines as clearly in the darkest day as it does in the brightest.… — Richard Sibbes
Accomplishments of children shine most brightly in the light of a parent's sincere praise. — Wes Fesler

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