Shining Quotes

Some are bound to die young. By dying young a person stays young in people's memory. If he burns brightly before he dies, his brightness shines for all time.

Time will bring to light whatever is hidden it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.

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 hearts, that He may shine forth from our lives.

For, as you know, religions are like glow-worms; they shine only when it is dark.

Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other.

I don't like my men to be too ornate. I like them to stand back and let their women shine, and they should really wear the pants in the relationship.

When the mind loses its density, you become translucent, like the flower. Spirit - the formless - shines through you into the world.

Now there’s a joy inside I can’t contain But even perfect days can end in rain And though it’s pouring down I see You through the clouds Shining on my face.

Education always continues. We all know that beauty fades, but what stays is a person's personality, their sense of humor, their wit, what they're interested in. That's what really shines.

Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.

I'll just bleed so the stars can have something dark to shine in

The learned man's life itself shines as the message for mankind.

Seeing the small is called Clarity. Keeping flexible is called Strength. Using the shining Radiance, You enter the Light, Where no harm can come to you. This is called Enlightenment.

The trees are God's great alphabet: With them He writes in shining green Across the world His thoughts serene.

The early mist had vanished and the fields lay like a silver shield under the sun. It was one of the days when the glitter of winter shines through a pale haze of spring.

The sun is always shining someplace.

Then all this earth shines like one house.

Even dirt glitters when the sun is shining upon it

If we resist the temptation to allow other people to define who we are, then we will gradually be able to let the sun inside our own soul shine forth.

There is a coherence in things, a stability; something... is immune from change and shines out... in the face of the flowing, the fleeting, the spectral, like a ruby.

And I said - Styx - as a musical group it is our place to reflect the light that is shining on us back onto this place and say - this is where so much great stuff started.

Truth is fire, and to speak the truth means to shine and to burn

The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.

With a strong testimony of the Savior and His restored gospel, you have limitless opportunities to shine.

He (the Sage) does not show off, therefore he shines.

May our lives be born from the beauty of darkness, and shine with the possibility of light.

I got plenty. You can have all my light, my shine. I got plenty. All my boys here, we working being creative.

Let my soul, a shining tree, Silver branches lift towards thee, Where on a hallowed winter's night The clear-eyed angels may alight.

I think America is still a bright, shining city on the hill - not because we're perfect but because we struggle in our imperfections every day.

The main message of this movie [Let It Shine] that everyone will take away is to believe in yourself.

In this crucible of wickedness the true greatness of Mormon shines like a star.

If you wish to shine like day, burn up the night of self-existence. Dissolve in the Being who is everything.

With our eyes fixed on the future, but recognizing the realities of today, we will achieve our destiny to be as a shining city on a hill for all mankind to see.

They say that even the brightest star won't shine forever. But in fact, the brightest star would live the shortest amount of time. Feel free to extract whatever life lesson you want from that.

You need to be happy with who you are and, whoever that is, let your little light shine.

The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.

The true self is always in motion like music, a river of life, changing, moving, failing, suffering, learning, shining.

I don't need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines !

It isn't useful to curse the darkness; instead light your candle and let your light shine.

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 To-morrow lies.

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled.

Why set your heart on a piece ofearth,seek out the source which shines forever.

For suddenly, I saw you there And through foggy London town The sun was shining everywhere.

Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore; The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four; Stella's wit is so charming, so sweet her fair face, She shines a new Venus, a Muse, and a Grace.

Some people never see the light Till it shines thru bullet holes.

A star is shining within us and that is our Spirit.

Style is indeed the valet of genius, and an able one too; but as the true gentleman will appear, even in rags, so true genius will shine, even through the coarsest style.

Just because there's tarnish on the copper, doesn't mean there's not a shine beneath.

Shine like the whole universe is yours.

I always want another actor to shine in my scene because it makes the film stronger. I would encourage people to scene steal, because filmmaking is a collaborative effort.