Quotes of Beacon - somelinesforyou

“ Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save: they just stand there, shining. ”

- Anne Lamott

“ 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

“ The trouble with our age is that it is all signpost and no destination. ”

- Louis Kronenberger

“ There are no signposts in the sea. ”

- Vita Sackville West

“ There are no signposts in the sky to show a man has passed that way before. There are no channels marked. The flier breaks each second into new uncharted seas. ”

- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“ When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent. ”

- George Carlin

“ Television probably has become the most evocative, widely observed signpost we have. ”

- Robert Adams

“ MTV is the lava lamp of the 1980's. ”

- Doug Ferrari

“ When all candles be out, all cats be gray. ”

- John Heywood

“ Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame. ”

- Jane Porter

“ The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope. ”

- Henry Ward Beecher

“ Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men. ”

- Thomas Huxley

“ The past is a guidepost, not a hitching post. ”

- L. Thomas Holdcroft

“ Lighthouses are more helpful than churches. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey; they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them. ”

- Karl Jaspers

“ The spirit of Christmas is always near; it shines like a beacon throughout the year. Don't look in a store or high on a shelf, for sharing and giving are found in yourself. ”

- Unknown

“ Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men. ”

- Thomas H. Huxley

“ Give your time to great causes. Let your candle bum at both ends if necessary. It will provide a dazzling light, a beacon for others to follow. ”

- Jerold Panas

“ A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea. ”

- Unknown
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