25 Light the Way Quotes

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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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"A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle." - Thomas Jefferson

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"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own." - Ben Sweetland

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"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us." - Alan Schweitzer

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"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

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"You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light." - Sogyal Rinpoche

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"As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way." - Mary Anne Radmacher

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"There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." - Edith Wharton

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"You can't discover light by analyzing the dark." - Wayne Dyer

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"It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness." - Eleanor Roosevelt

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"To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are." - Roy T. Bennett

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"How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world." - William Shakespeare

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"It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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"Shine your light and make a positive impact on the world; there is nothing so honorable as helping improve the lives of others." - Roy T. Bennett

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"Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you." - L. R. Knost

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"No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door; the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people's eyes, to reveal the marvels around." - Paulo Coelho

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"Why not dare yourself to become a shining positive light where darkness is the only thing known?" - Edmond Mbiaka

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"Know that darkness is merely the absence of light. You can be the small candle that defeats the vast darkness." - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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"Education is the movement from darkness to light." - Allan Bloom

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"A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside." - Denis Waitley

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"There's too much darkness in the world. Everywhere you turn, someone is tryin' to tear someone down in some way; everywhere you go, there's a feeling of inadequacy or a feeling that you're not good enough. I want to bring a certain light to the world." - Alicia Keys

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"Nothing can dim the light that shines from within." - Maya Angelou

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"Give light and people will find the way." - Ella Baker

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"An empty lantern provides no light. Self-care is the fuel that allows your light to shine brightly." - Unknown

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"Light tomorrow with today." - Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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The DayStarter Quotes that I am sharing during the 2022-2023 school year all support our school year's focus on "Light The Way!"

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