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Shadow owes its birth to light.
John Gay
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John Gay
English
Poet
Born:
Jun 30
,
1685
Died:
Dec 4
,
1732
Topics
Light
,
Owes
,
Birth
,
Shadow
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love
Forgiveness
Hate
Darkness
Light
Drive
Out
Only
Only Love
Cannot
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
Light
Mirror
Ways
Spreading
Reflects
Candle
Two
When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
Tecumseh
Life
Thankful
Food
Strength
Morning
You
Yourself
Joy
Fault
Light
Thanks
Living
Lies
See
Rise
Give
No Reason
Your
Reason
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
Helen Keller
Faith
Strength
World
Light
Emerge
Shall
Shattered
Which
Because you are women, people will force their thinking on you, their boundaries on you. They will tell you how to dress, how to behave, who you can meet and where you can go. Don't live in the shadows of people's judgement. Make your own choices in the light of your own wisdom.
Amitabh Bachchan
Wisdom
You
Women
People
Light
Will
Own
Live
Thinking
Meet
Tell
Dress
Shadows
Boundaries
Force
Make
Judgement
Because
How
Go
Behave
Where
Choices
Your
Who
Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel.
Michael Morpurgo
Hope
Morning
Me
Heart
Happy
Dark
Light
Will
Difficult
Every
Sun
Some
Rise
Takes
Like
Know
Redemption
Readers
Because
Always
Am
However
End
Optimist
Endings
Wherever
Story
Tunnel
Theme
Give light and people will find the way.
Ella Baker
Inspirational
People
Light
Will
Way
Find
Give
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
Og Mandino
Inspirational
Love
Me
Darkness
Light
Will
Stars
Way
Because
Endure
Shows
We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.
John F. Kennedy
Future
Darkness
Light
Guide
Thru
Safe
Candle
Curse
Us
Sane
Here
Knowledge is love and light and vision.
Helen Keller
Love
Knowledge
Vision
Light
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