Lightens Quotes

#1. I know of nothing so pleasant to the mind, as the discovery of anything which is at once new and valuable
nothing which so lightens and sweetens toil, as the hopeful pursuit of such discovery.

Abraham Lincoln

#2. Falling in love is like holding a candle. Initially it lightens up the world around you. Then it starts melting and hurt you. Finally it goes off and everything is darker than ever and all you are left with is the.. BURN!

Syed Arshad

#3. Not the bee upon the blossom,
In the pride o' sunny noon;
Not the little sporting fairy,
All beneath the simmer moon;
Not the poet, in the moment
Fancy lightens in his e'e,
Kens the pleasure, feels the rapture,
That thy presence gi'es to me.

Robert Burns

#4. What is philosophy? It is something that lightens up, that makes bright.

Victor Cousin

#5. Our cells stimulate our pain receptors in order to get our brain to focus and pay attention. Once my brain acknowledges the existence of the pain, then it has served its purpose and either lightens up in intensity, or goes away.

Jill Bolte Taylor

#6. The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.

Mahatma Gandhi

#7. Struggle strengthens the human bond and lightens the burden of the human condition.

Lorii Myers

#8. So it is with time, that lightens what is dark, that darkens what is light.

Samuel Beckett

#9. O Music! language of the soul, Of love, of God to man; Bright beam from heaven thrilling, That lightens sorrow's weight.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#10. He who embraces the cross and bears it with patience lightens the weight of the cross. Indeed, the weight itself becomes a consolation; for God abounds with grace to all those who carry the cross with good will in order to please him.

Alphonsus Liguori

#11. Sophisticated people seem to think that "the truth" must always be dark, disappointing, disillusioning. But this is not so at all. Most of the time, darkness, disappointment, and disillusionment are the illusion.
Truth is neutral. Our decisions determine what darkens and what lightens our lives.

Orson Scott Card

#12. Your pain is your own until you put it to music, then it belongs to everyone. You'll find it lightens the load.

Beau North

#13. The moon sets and the eastern sky lightens, the hem of night pulling away, taking stars with it one by one until only two are left.

Anthony Doerr

#14. ~ Faith lightens the path your shadowed mind has to walk ~

Michelle Horst

#15. Laughter enlightens our hearts and lightens life's burdens.

Debasish Mridha

#16. Laughter lightens my heart and therefore heals my soul as well.

Sharon E. Rainey

#17. Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.

Horace

#18. It's the way that I think about the world, and the way that I like to tell stories - I don't think you should get too heavy. There's enough out there, in the world, with violence. I think that comedy lightens the heaviness [of the world].

Martin McDonagh

#19. Nothing frees you like the truth, and nothing holds you back more than not knowing it. Knowledge is power; it heals what hurts, fills what's empty, clears what's confused, lightens what's heavy, brings friends together, turns dust to gold, and raises the sun.

Mike Dooley

#20. Each day we hold things in our heart, sometimes these things are heavy. Carrying God's grace with us each and every day lightens life's load.

Ron Baratono

#21. Forgiving and being forgiven frees our souls and lightens our load.

Sara Dormon

#22. Love is a mighty power,
a great and complete good.
Love alone lightens every burden, and makes rough places smooth.
It bears every hardship as though it were nothing, and renders
all bitterness sweet and acceptable.

Thomas A Kempis

#23. Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties.
[Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas partiens communicansque leviores.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#24. The holy days are the best times to focus on real enthusiasm, the inner source that lightens and sanctifies our lives all year.

Martha Beck

#25. A smile within your heart,
lightens up the world around" rd

Rosemary Fonseca

#26. The funny thing about a smile is that once you wear a smile, the darkness lightens and one does not feel frightened or sad any more.

Deepak Menon

#27. Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.

Grenville Kleiser

#28. And whiter grows the foam, The small moon lightens more; And as I turn me home, My shadow walks before.

Robert Bridges

#29. No one is useless in this world,' retorted the Secretary, 'who lightens the burden of it for any one else.

Charles Dickens

#30. Catching something is merely a byproduct of our fishing. It is the act of fishing that wipes away all grief, lightens all worry, dissolves all fear and anxiety.

Gladys Taber

#31. The weight does not life itself, although over time it lightens. Sometimes we need to push. And sometimes that is very hard.

David Levithan

#32. For a long while. Finally she says, I don't believe in love. Not sure it really exists, but even if it does for some people, it won't for me. She is serious. Then she lightens up. But, hey, if you think you love me, cool.

Ellen Hopkins

#33. No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.

Charles Dickens

#34. Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#35. No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

Joseph Addison

#36. 28 For it is you who light my z lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.

Anonymous

#37. Who holds Wayfinder finds good roads,
Its master's step is brisk;
The Sword of Wisdom lightens loads
But adds unto their risk.

Fred Saberhagen

#38. The world is a dark place," Kipper replied. "But when friends join hands, it lightens.

R.A. Salvatore

#39. Interacting with visualizations helps us think about the information better, because it lightens the cognitive load of memory. We

Kit Seeborg

#40. Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

James A. Baldwin

#41. It lightens the stroke to draw near to Him who handles the rod.

Washington Irving

#42. I love watching Anthony Kim play, but I'm not a fan of the way he grips down a good two inches on his full-swing shots. Choking down lightens the club's swing weight and effectively makes the shaft stiffer. It also makes it difficult to hit the ball high enough for all situations.

Lee Trevino

#43. Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the body, and clears the perceptive faculties.

Lu Yu

#44. When we use love to lighten the burdens of others, life mysteriously enlightens our paths and lightens our burdens too.

Debasish Mridha

#45. A pair of statements may be taken conjunctively or disjunctively; for example, "It lightens and it thunders ," is conjunctive, "It lightens or it thunders" is disjunctive. Each such individual act of connecting a pair of statements is a new monad for the mathematician .

Charles Sanders Peirce