190 Shining Quotes

Following is our list of shining quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about shining day.

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Famous Shining Quotes

So shine on through these days we have to fill. — John the Apostle

The light that shines farthest shines brightest nearest home. — Charles Studd

In the very deep darkness of this world, little pinpoints of light show up very brightly and can shine a long way. — Tenzin Palmo

We should be shining lamps, giving light to all around us. — Catherine McAuley

We talk of sunshine and moonshine, but not of cloud-shine, which is yet one of the illuminations of our skies. A shining cloud is one of the most majestic of all secondary lights. — Alice Meynell

Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine. — Oprah Winfrey

We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine. — Dwight L. Moody

As shaking terrors from his blazing hair, a sanguine comet gleams through dusky air. — Torquato Tasso

Better to illuminate than merely to shine. — Thomas Aquinas

Even a small star shines in the darkness. — Swedish Proverbs

From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A candle is at its brightest in the dark. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun. - John Lennon

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun. — John Lennon

Every luminary in the constellation of human greatness, like the stars, comes out in the darkness to shine with the reflected light of God. — Mary Baker Eddy

The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow. - George R. R. Martin

The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow. — George R. R. Martin

Short Shining Quotes

  • If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining. — Sayings
  • Behind the clouds is the sun still shining. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • Don't shine so that others can see you. Shine so that through you, others can see HIM. — C. S. Lewis
  • Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. — Maya Angelou
  • God is letting me shine, because I've got a good heart. — ASAP Rocky
  • Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. — Anton Chekhov
  • Mother Nature is the true artist and our job as cooks is to allow her to shine. — Marco Pierre White
  • So shines a good deed... in a weary world. — Gene Wilder
  • I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town — Taylor Swift
  • When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine, that's amore. — Dean Martin

Shining Image Quotes

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine. - Arthur Schopenhauer quote

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine. — Arthur Schopenhauer

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy - and Jill a wealthy widow. - Evan Esar quote

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy - and Jill a wealthy widow. — Evan Esar

Shining quote Don't compare your life to others. There's no comparison between the sun and the moon. They shine wh
Don't compare your life to others. There's no comparison between the sun and the moon. They shine when it's their time.
I rise to taste the dawn, and find that love alone will shine today. - Ken Wilber quote

I rise to taste the dawn, and find that love alone will shine today. — Ken Wilber

The light which shines in the eye is really the light of the heart. - Rumi quote

The light which shines in the eye is really the light of the heart. — Rumi

Shining quote If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.
If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.

Shining Day Quotes

Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky. — Rabindranath Tagore

We all have bad days, but one thing is true; no cloud is so dark that the sun can't shine through. — Miranda Kerr

Every day is a good day to be alive, whether the sun's shining or not. - Marty Robbins

Every day is a good day to be alive, whether the sun's shining or not. — Marty Robbins

Shining quote It's okay to be a glowstick. Sometimes we have to break before we shine.
It's okay to be a glowstick. Sometimes we have to break before we shine.

I will make you brooches and toys for your delight Of bird-song at morning and star-shine at night. I will make a palace fit for you and me Of green days in forests and blue days at sea. — Robert Louis Stevenson

Man must behave like a lighthouse; he must shine day and night for the goodness of everyman. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

There was no money in the sport but we'd be out there day in, day out, rain or shine, doing it. — Linford Christie

Shining quote You need to know what to do when the sun is not shining.
You need to know what to do when the sun is not shining.

If you want to take it up a step and aim to become a competitive gymnast, you have to be mentally strong and prepared to take on the workload of going to the gym every day, rain or shine. — Shannon Miller

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. — Charles Dickens

Alas for him who never sees The stars shine through his cypress-trees Who, hopeless, lays his dead away, Nor looks to see the breaking day Across the mournful marbles play! — John Greenleaf Whittier

Another day to shine your light and give thanks for all your blessings! — Katrina Mayer

Shining Life Quotes

Keep grindin' boy, your life can change in one year, And even when it's dark out, the sun is shining somewhere — J. Cole

When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. Tecumseh Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. — Voltaire

I am the fiery life of the essence of God; I am the flame above the beauty in the fields; I shine in the waters; I burn in the sun, the moon, and the stars. And with the airy wind, I quicken all things vitally by an unseen, all-sustaining life. — Hildegard of Bingen

Shining quote You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek
You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shade when it is shining. You say you love wind, but when it comes you close your window. So that's why I'm scared when you say you love me.

If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. — Roald Dahl

As you go through life's rich tapestry, you realize that most people you meet aren't fit to shine your shoes. It's a sad fact, but it's true. A good friend is someone who'd hide you if you were on the run for murder. How many of them do you know? — Lemmy Kilmister

Be grateful for your life, every detail of it, and your face will come to shine like a sun, and everyone who sees it will be made glad and peaceful. — Rumi

Shining quote I find my happiness where the sun shines.
I find my happiness where the sun shines.

The limit is the sky, and I live on cloud. And I recognize my nemesis gon try, to put a finish in my shine. But pussy we'll hurt you, life in the power circle. — Kendrick Lamar

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. — Marianne Williamson

There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him. — Antonin Artaud

The greatest test of Christianity is the wear and tear of daily life; it is like the shining of silver: the more it is rubbed the brighter it grows. — Oswald Chambers

Shining Down Quotes

When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome. — Wilma Rudolph

I believe in the sun, even when it rains. — Anne Frank

Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining. — Anne Lamott

Shining quote Be like the sun; shine your love on everyone.
Be like the sun; shine your love on everyone.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. — Richard M. Nixon

The sun shines down, and its image reflects in a thousand different pots filled with water. The reflections are many, but they are each reflecting the same sun. Similarly, when we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people. — Mata Amritanandamayi

It gives one a sudden start in going down a barren, stoney street, to see upon a narrow strip of grass, just within the iron fence, the radiant dandelion, shining in the grass, like a spark dropped from the sun. — Henry Ward Beecher

Shining quote Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

The day she let go of the things that were weighing her down was the day she began to shine the brightest. — Katrina Mayer

No radiant pearl which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's ears, Not the bright stars which Night's blue arch adorn, Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn, Shine with such lustre as the tear that flows Down Virtue's manly cheek for others' woes. — Erasmus Darwin

Someday the sun is going to shine down on me in some faraway place. — Mahalia Jackson

Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and comes to our rescue. — Mahatma Gandhi

Shine Bright Quotes

Blooming under a cold moon, we are like fireworks... Rising, shining, and finally scattering and fading. So until that moment comes when we vanish like fireworks... Lets us sparkle brightly, Always. — Tite Kubo

Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world. — Ramana Maharshi

I have commanded that my [titulary] abide like the mountains; when the sun shines its rays are bright upon the titulary of my majesty; my Horus is high upon the standard ... forever. — Hatshepsut

Shining quote If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lo
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God. — Pope John Paul II

Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light, that the darkness of sorrows be annihilated, and that the sun of everlasting joy arise from the dawning-place of heart and soul, shining brightly. — Abdu'l-Bahá

As the flower turns to the sun, that the bright beams may aid in perfecting its beauty and symmetry, so should we turn to the Sun of Righteousness, that Heaven's light may shine upon us, that our character may be developed in to the likeness of Christ. — Ellen G. White

Shining quote Never dull your shine for somebody else.
Never dull your shine for somebody else.

... it is not the color of the skin that makes the man or the woman, but the principle formed in the soul. Brilliant wit will shine, come from whence it will; and genius and talent will not hide the brightness of its lustre. — Maria W. Stewart

The stars which shone over Babylon and the stable in Bethlehem still shine as brightly over the Empire State Building and your front yard today. — Linda Goodman

Painting doesn't freeze time. It circulates and recycles time like a wheel that turns. Those who were first might well be last. Painting is a very slow art. It doesn't travel with the speed of light. That's why dead painters shine so bright. — Marlene Dumas

Everyone wants to shine bright like a diamond, but no one wants to get cut. - Eric Thomas

Everyone wants to shine bright like a diamond, but no one wants to get cut. — Eric Thomas

Shining Through Quotes

When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty. — John Muir

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 joy of your mind burst forth. — Peter Damian

Those true eyes, Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise, The sweet soul shining through them. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

Shining quote If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sun beams and you will always look l
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sun beams and you will always look lovely.

Dear Lord...shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul...Let me thus praise You in the way You love best, by shining on those around me. — John Henry Newman

Cute is when your personality shines through your looks. — Natalie Portman

If you smile through your fear and sorrow, smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see the sun come shining through for you. — Nat King Cole

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish. — John Jakes

And I'll see your true colors shining through I see your true colors and that's why I love you so don't be afraid to let them show your true colors, true colors are beautiful like a RAINBOW. — Cyndi Lauper

I consider an human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties till the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot and vein that runs through the body of it. — Joseph Addison

The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through. - Edna St. Vincent Millay

The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through. — Edna St. Vincent Millay

Shining Star Quotes

To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest. — Napoleon

You never wish on shooting stars. You wish on the ones that have the courage to shine where they are. — Andrea Gibson

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas. — Henry Ford

In some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, when the winds are breathing low, and the stars are shining bright. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

There are so many stars shining in the sky, so many beautiful things winking at you, but when Venus comes out, all the others are waned, they are pushed to the background. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

That's death and life, you see. We all shine on. You just have to release your hearts, alert your senses, and pay attention. A leaf, a star, a song, a laugh. Notice all the little things, because somebody is reaching out to you. Qualcuno ti ama. Somebody loves you. — Ben Sherwood

City lights shine bright on my complexion, Self-reflection...red hairs flashing at the intersection. Life is a green light, one star, no script, Supporting actors...fresh peaches, no pit. — Action Bronson

Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine, Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline. — Mos Def

This Love has whispered secrets in your ear that don't make sense to anybody else. You know who You are. You are the shining star. — Rumi

Shine Quotes

I die without seeing dawn's light shining on my country... You, who will see it, welcome it for me...don't forget those who fell during the nighttime. — Jose Rizal

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,but when the darkness sets in,their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting all the good things in the world. Just look at yourself. — Maya Angelou

We are all like fireworks. We climb, shine and always go our separate ways and become further apart. But even if that time comes, let's not disappear like a firework, and continue to shine... forever. — Tite Kubo

Our liberty will not be secured at the sword's point... We must secure it by making ourselves worthy of it. And when the people reaches that height, God will provide a weapon, the idols will be shattered, tyranny will crumble like a house of cards, and liberty will shine out like the first dawn. — Jose Rizal

Let your light shine today, and let your personality blossom, too. You don't have to be a people-pleaser, just a people-lover. — Beth Moore

We must not pay attention just to reading and studying; rather, we should ask if we are open before the Lord. If we do not have an unveiled face, the glory of the Lord will not shine on us. If our heart is not open to God, God cannot give us any light. — Watchman Nee

The prohibition of science would be contrary to the Bible, which in hundreds of places teaches us how the greatness and the glory of God shine forth marvelously in all His works, and is to be read above all in the open book of the heavens. — Galileo Galilei

If you want to shine like the sun, first burn like the sun. — Abdul Kalam

There is a mystery within all beings bursting to reveal itself, in the ones who become quiet enough to discover it. In this discovery a benevolent force shines spontaneously from your presence towards all beings, and this light cannot help but illuminate the world. — Mooji

Shine On Quotes

Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses because we were born this way. — Lady Gaga

You've got to try a little kindness, yes show a little kindness Just shine your light for everyone to see. And if you try a little kindness, Then you'll overlook the blindness Of narrow-minded people on the narrow-minded streets. — Glen Campbell

I'm on the pursuit of happiness, and I know, Everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, Hey, I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good... — Kid Cudi

God never made an ugly landscape. All that sun shines on is beautiful, so long as it is wild. — John Muir

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path. — D'Alembert

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path. — Jim Rohn

The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them. — Chinua Achebe

We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us. - Melinda Gates

We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us. — Melinda Gates

The sun and moon shine on all without partiality. — Confucius

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 switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine. Be teachable. That is the whole secret. — Vernon Howard

Light Shine Quotes

Light breaks where no sun shines; Where no sea runs, the waters of the heart; Push in their tides. — Dylan Thomas

We must shine with hope, stained glass windows that shape light into icons, glow like lanterns borne before a procession. Who can bear hope back into the world but us. — Marge Piercy

Remember that you have a choice in what you see. If you choose to see a person's darkness, you strengthen your darkness within. If you choose to see their light, you shine from the inside out. — Gabrielle Bernstein

Someday perhaps the inner light will shine forth from us, and the we'll need no other light. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If near ink, you will be black; if near light, you will shine. — Vietnamese Proverbs

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts. — Alan Cohen

When the spirit shines, even foggy skies make pleasant light. - Abraham Isaac Kook

When the spirit shines, even foggy skies make pleasant light. — Abraham Isaac Kook

I'm here to challenge myself and to see whether I can shape-shift in an environment that's actually quite daunting, but which I think would be nice to shine a light into. The destination of any interesting drama is that you shine a light into a place that not many people know about. — Tom Hardy

Whatever is not stone is light — Octavio Paz

Let your light shine. Be a source of strength and courage. Share your wisdom. Radiate love. — Wilferd Peterson

Shine Your Light Quotes

It is time to search out your uniqueness, applaud and acknowledge yourself, and let your own light shine. — Debbie Ford

When you have become the Embodiment of Gratitude, think about how Pure the Water that fills your Body will be. When this happens, you Yourself will be a Beautiful Shining Crystal of Light. — Masaru Emoto

Be a lamp in brightness, and make the works of darkness cease, so that whenever your doctrine shines, no one may dare to heed the desires of darkness. — Ephrem the Syrian

Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just going to bash your brains in. — Stephen King

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. The difference is not in the sun, but in some clouds which hinder the manifestation of the light thereof. — Richard Sibbes

I have come to light the lamp of love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added luster. — Sathya Sai Baba

We were created to manifest the glory of God on the Earth. Let your light shine! — Folorunsho Alakija

Sometimes your light shines so bright that it blinds people from seeing who you really are. — Shannon Alder

To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest. Always do what you are afraid to do. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

In Silence the heart illumines; veil after veil is removed.In the heart shines the Light of Love.When the Light of Love is seen shining within your heart you behold the Light in all.Your heart will be filled with love and compassion for all. — Kirpal Singh

Let Your Light Shine Quotes

The world would have you believe that you are not significant, out of touch, and out of style. But remember who you are-a child of God! You must have the courage to stand out and let your light shine like a beacon for all to see. — Elaine S. Dalton

It's not necessary to blow out your neighbor's light to let your own shine. — M. R. Dehaan

You don't have to blow out the other person's light to let your own shine. — Bernard Baruch

To find real peace you have to let the armor go. Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory. — Jim Carrey

When you speak of heaven, let your face light up; let it be irradiated by a heavenly gleam; let your eyes shine with reflected glory. But when you speak of hell, your ordinary expression will do. — Charles Spurgeon

Vibrate on a frequency that embraces the gifts, growth, and change of others. Accept challenges & failures as part of your journey. Find your light and let it shine. Know your purpose. — Casar Jacobson

Let me rest in Your will and be silent. Then the light of Your joy will warm my life. Its fire will burn in my heart and shine for Your glory. This is what I live for. Amen, amen. — Thomas Merton

The light of God is in you. Let your light shine! — Eleazar

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

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. — John Wesley

Time To Shine Quotes

Your career you will only hear the drum of setback but it is time to shine! Whatever situation you have been facing - this is the time you have been praying for to shine, to move, to overcome, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ! — T. B. Joshua

Every time somebody ever told you that you weren't gonna amount to anything, you know, that's your time to shine, you know? You can show everybody and prove to yourself what you're doing is real and that it counts and that it makes a difference. — Frank Iero

I want to spend my time exploring the characters we've already got here. I want to give them more time to shine before the team gets to have 400 members. — Robert Kirkman

Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I'm sailing right behind. — Paul Simon

Whenever I gaze up at the moon, I feel like I'm on a time machine. I am back to that precious pinpoint of time, standing on the foreboding - yet beautiful - Sea of Tranquility. I could see our shining blue planet Earth poised in the darkness of space. — Buzz Aldrin

I just love having no clothes on outside, and the only time to do that is when the sun's shining. It's a wonderful sensation to not have any clothes on. — PJ Harvey

Truly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life. — Banana Yoshimoto

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. — John F. Kennedy

Still a dreamer, yet more of a realist than ever before, I knew this was my time to sail. On the horizon I saw the shining future, as before. The difference now was that I felt the wind at my back. I was ready. — Chris Gardner

Like the ocean that remains calm in its depths even when waves rage over its surface, and like the sun that continues shining on high even during storms, we can at each moment create value and develop our state of life, enjoying our existence to the fullest in times of both suffering and joy. — Daisaku Ikeda

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The saints are like the stars. In his providence Christ conceals them in a hidden place that they may not shine before others when they might wish to do so. Yet they are always ready to exchange the quiet of contemplation for the works of mercy as soon as they perceive in their heart the invitation of Christ. — Anthony of Padua

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