Quotes About Overcoming Darkness

#1. Belief in a story," Uriel said, "of good confronting evil, of light overcoming darkness, of love transcending hate." He tilted his head. "Isn't that where all faith begins?

Jim Butcher

#2. The measure of human character is our reaction to dark times. No one can sidestep darkness. It is the throne upon which light sits. If a soul has not known sadness and struggle, there is no chance of overcoming, no cherishing the dawn.

David Wolpe

#3. A fact bobbed up from my memory, that the ancient Egyptians prescribed walking through a garden as a cure for the mad. It was a mind-altering drug we took daily.

Paul Fleischman

#4. And so I tell you, restless one, that no matter what happens, when things get dark, look to the light, and keep moving forward in faith.

Seth Adam Smith

#5. The greatest good is the knowledge of the union which the mind has with the whole nature.

Baruch Spinoza

#6. I realize it's a cliche, almost, that coming out of the closet is a very healthy and empowering thing to do, but for me, it really has been a truly wonderful thing.

BD Wong

#7. After nearly a year of mourning, I feel like the Victorians when Edison came along- all those years in the darkness, and then electric light. I've got the earth between my toes.

Harriet Reuter Hapgood

#8. I am not enough in myself; I can barely make it through buying milk and school supplies. Thank goodness there is a Guardian to come before me and throw off the dark.

Anna White

#9. Light in your soul conquers the darkness in your world.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#10. Nothing else can take a cloud's place but the sun.

Serena Winter

#11. May radiance of your light brighten every dark encounter.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#12. Darkness cannot be overcome with more darkness, only with light. Violence cannot be overcome with more violence, only with peace.

Martin Luther King Jr.

#13. I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.

Abbas Kiarostami

#14. The next time that something seemingly bad happens to you, look for the divine in it. Look for the soul in the mundane, every day occurrences of your life. Look for the spark, look for the light.

Leigh Hershkovich

#15. All hope and future lost in a day.

Barbara Kingsolver

#16. This is where rock happens! This is where young people come! Rock music smells of toilet and cigarettes!

Caitlin Moran

#17. Live life one moment at a time, or else risk missing everything entirely.

J.B. Florence

#18. It is my sincere desire that my research and hard work will help create a world where we all learn to walk this Earth, safe, enlightened and free from the perils of cruelty, ignorance, and all the other dark and sinister forces, which make assholes possible.

Alexei Maxim Russell

#19. I have friends that tease me about 'Without a Trace;' they say, 'You're really good at saying, 'Have you seen this person?'

Eric Close

#20. Julian Assange is self-consciously an individual. He thinks in his own way, primarily as a physicist, having studied pure maths and physics at university in Australia where he grew up.

Nick Davies

#21. God seeks to influence humanity. This is at the heart of the Christmas story. It is the story of light coming into the darkness, of a Savior to show us the way, of light overcoming the darkness, of God's work to save the world.

Adam Hamilton