The Shining Quotes

Sense shines with double lustre when set in humility.

Second-rate knowledge, and middling talents, carry a man farther at courts, and in the busy part of the world, than superior knowledge and shining parts.

Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand. Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!

If doing a good act in public will excite others to do more good, then 'Let your light shine to all.' Miss no opportunity to do good.

On the shining yards of heaven See a wider dawn unfurled. . . . The eternal slaves of beauty Are the masters of the world.

Love, in the words of the Master, is the shining commandment: LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed.

You don't need to be a star to be a bright and shining one to that friend in need.

Who knows how many artists fail because the light that shines through them is defracted in a thousand directions and not concentrated in a single beam?

Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright, But looked to near, have neither heat nor light.

There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.

Dream big, dare greatly and shine brightly.

Take your love and put it where the sun don't shine.

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

To her bier Comes the year Not with weeping and distress, as mortals do, But, to guide her way to it, All the trees have torches lit; Blazing red the maples shine the woodlands through.

Shine like the whole universe is yours.

That's what keeps me going. Everywhere I go there are young people with shining eyes wanting to tell me, "Dr. Jane, we're going to make the world a better place."

The cheat ambition, eager to espouse dominion, courts it with a lying show, and shines in borrowed pomp to serve a turn.

Gold hath no lustre of its own. It shines by temperate use alone.

You may fail to shine in the opinion of others, both in our conversation and actions, from being superior, as well as inferior to them.

Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.

Just as hope rings through laughter, it can also shine through tears.

Goodbye to the sun that shines for me no longer.

Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine, Earth for whose use? Pride answers, 'Tis for mine For me kind nature wakes her genial power, Suckles each herb, and spreads out every flower.

Close your eyes and look inside, A mirror shines within; To find where you are going, First see where you have been.

You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide, . . . a hog from Epicurus' herd. [Lat., Me pinguem et nitidum bene curata cute vises, . . . Epicuri de grege porcum.]

The sun was shining like a congratulation.

Don't try to prove anything about yourself to anyone. It isn't necessary. Your worth shines through to others- know your worth.

An artist must know the reality he is depicting in its minutest detail. In my opinion we have only one shining example of that - Count Leo Tolstoy.

Men of great and shining qualities do not always succeed in life, but the fault lies more often in themselves than in others.

Look, how they scold me for all my loving and tippling, now that the silvery edges shine forth from my brow!

Everyone shines, given the right lighting.

Women can feel inspired by the story. People who haven't been traditionally given a chance to use their skills or shine are given a chance, and they prevail.

The angels of God are bright and shining beings, emanating light and mirroring the glory of God.

Let us to the Press Devoted Be, Its Light will Shine and Speak Us Free.

We must have Christ in our hearts, that He may shine forth from our lives.

You're like this little blip of light that lasts for a very brief time and you can shine as brightly as you choose.

Your radiance shines in every atom of creation yet our petty desires keep it hidden.

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 me-- Virtue alone is true nobility!

That the sun shines tomorrow is a judgement that is as true as the contrary judgement.

When you watch these reality shows, the person that is hated on the most is usually the one that gets the most shine.

People throw rocks at things that shine.

Women love firefighters so much because it’s like a knight in shining armor kind of thing.

What is joy? Joy is nothing but the Self. When desires are fulfilled, the mind is stilled. This allows the Self to shine forth and that is what we call joy.

The earth, though in comparison of heaven so small, nor glistering, may of solid good contain more plenty than the sun, that barren shines.

The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright-- And this was odd, because it was The middle of the night.

Peace in every step. The shining red sun is my heart. Each flower smiles with me. How green, how fresh all that grows. How cool the wind blows. Peace is every step. It turns the endless path to joy.

The U.S. Coast Guard is a shining example of how well a Federal agency can perform with its flexibility, speed, and expertise.

If you have wit, use it to please and not to hurt: you may shine like the sun in the temperate zones without scorching.

In French we have this word déclic. It's when you have, suddenly, a light shining and you say, "This is what I want to do."