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It is impossible to separate works from faith- yea, just as impossible as to separate burning and shining from fire.

it is not given to everyone to shine in adversity.

It is not the place where we are, or the work that we do or cannot do that matters, it is something else. It is the fire within that burns and shines, whatever be our circumstances.

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

It is observed by Cicero, that men of the greatest and most shining parts are most actuated by ambition.

It is that happy stretch of time when the lovers set to chronicling their passion. When no glance, no tone of voice is so fleeting but it shines with significance. When each moment, each perception is brought out with care, unfolded like a precious gem from its layers of the softest tissue paper and laid in front of the beloved — turned this way and that, examined, considered.

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

It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.

It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, I feel good, and no one's gonna stop me now.

It's a great day to be alive. I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes.

It's a strange courage you give me ancient star: Shine alone in the sunrise toward which you lend no part!

It's my belief that you should never show your work to anyone in the publishing world until it shines like a diamond. Rough drafts don't shine, as a rule. Mine certainly didn't. That's why I was rejected for years and years.

It's just cool for a girl to be able to do her own thing. I do a lot of movies, and I'm very lucky, and I'm not complaining. But in movies, alongside big action men, we've always got to take a step back and let the men shine.

It’s never occurred to me that the stars are still up there shining even in the daytime when we can’t see them.

It was at Inver Slane, to the north of Leinster, the sons of Gaedhal of the Shining Armour, the Very Gentle, that were called afterwards the Sons of the Gael, made their first attempt to land in Ireland to avenge Ith, one of their race that had come there one time and had met with his death.

It takes a lot of pressure off you just to go out and play, and your talent sometimes shines even more when you don't worry about individual stuff.

It was lovely, and tempting, to exert power over men and to shine before others, but power also had its perditions and perils.

It's taken me years to embrace the softer elements of who I am and let that shine some.

It's time to launch yourself into that bigger life using your full capacities and with the light of our spirit shining brightly.

It will be readily admitted that brown tints have never coursed beneath our skin; it will be discovered that yellow shines forth in our flesh, that red blazes, and that green, blue and violet dance upon it with untold charms, voluptuous and caressing.

I understood, by dint of digging into my memories, that modesty helped me to shine, humility helped me to triumph and virtue to oppress.

It would shine a torch into the dirty little corner where the BNP defecate on our democracy, and that would be much more powerful than duffing them up in the street - which Im also in favour of.

I used to feel like I was waiting for someone to discover me, to 'produce' me, like Lana Turner at the drugstore. Utlimately I realized that the person I was waiting for was myself. If we wait for the world's permission to shine, we will never receive it.

I used to think that once you really knew a thing, its truth would shine on forever. Now it's pretty obvious to me that more often than not the batteries fade, and sometimes what you knew even goes out with a bang when you try and call on it, just like a light bulb cracking off when you throw the switch.

I've always been a huge fan of 'The Shining,' and 'Rosemary's Baby' is one of my favorite films of all time.

I've been waiting for that bright sunshine to show up and shine in my back door someday.

I've come to understand my role. On some level, I provide the context for them to shine. I also know my role is the steward of the songs, and the center point, the artist that the stuff all revolves around. But I really try to honor that.

I've always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor.

I've come to realize that life, while being everything, is also strangely not much. Except when the light shines on it a different way and then you realize it's a lot after all!

I've been working with a lot of girl power organizations this year. I have so many incredible women in my life that I'm supported by, and I wanted to shine a light on them and encourage other women and girls to do the same. We're often encouraged by the media to compete with one another, to bring each other down, or to feel small when seeing the success of someone else, and I just wanted to flip that script and challenge us to do the opposite. Instead, feel inspired and ignited by someone else's success.

I've long ago learned that if an idea will stand on its own, it'll stand having the light shone on it. But if you shine light on it and it kind of withers, then it probably wasn't a very good idea.

I've never been interested in things that sparkle and shine, I'm more interested in people.

I've learned recently to love imperfection a lot because it shines such a big light on God's grace. And if someone has grace for you that's when you feel their love the most and they see you for who you are and they love you anyway.

I want to be remembered as a great actor - and a shining example of humanity.

I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.

I want to become a person that shines when dancing.

I want to fight the wussification of the State of Texas. I want to rise and shine and bring back the glory.

I want to leave something behind when I go; some small legacy of truth, some word that will shine in a dark place.

*I want to keep walking away from the person I was a moment ago... *So soon you will be in that part of the book where you are holding the bulk of the pages in your left hand, and only a thin wisp of the story in your right. *We get one story, you and I, and one story alone....It might be time for you to go. It might be time to change, to shine out.

I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.

I want to shine a spotlight on a new generation of women, who are creating, funding and managing some of the hottest companies in tech today. But I wanted to do more than share their professional stories. I wanted to share their personal journeys, too.

I will be brave, thought Despereaux. I will try to be brave like a knight in shining armour. I will be brave for the Princess Pea.

I wish they would see the real person in me. One day, they will know I'm not here for the show. My mind do shine. My heart is so kind. But that they can not see because all they see is the outside of me. Who I am, what I do is only the reaction I get from you.

I will go on shining, shining like brand new. I'll never look behind me, my troubles will be few.

I wish that I am a star, shining for every TripleS in every corner of the earth.

I with borrow'd silver shine, What you see is none of mine. First I show you but a quarter, Like the bow that guards the Tartar: Then the half, and then the whole, Ever dancing round the pole.

I will leave this shining life of cricket very soon. This bat and ball won't save Shahid Afridi in Grave

I would not give much for your religion unless it can be seen. Lamps do not talk, but they do shine.

Just like the moon, I'll step aside, and let your sun shine while I follow behind.

Just as stars shine brightest in the darkest night, your joy blazes brilliantly through life's problems when you count them as joy.