Quotes related to Matthew 5:16
No written word nor spoken plea Can teach our youth what they should be. Nor all the books on all the shelves. It's what the teachers are themselves.
— John Wooden
Finally, I would like to close with a Buddhist practice of dedicating merit. Whatever benefit and merit may have arisen here, we dedicate it for the benefit of all beings.
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
All of us must be saints in this world. Holiness is a duty for you and me. So let's be saints and so give glory to the Father.
— Mother Teresa
In every generation, the world is changed by a few people, who stand for something, do not fear unpopularity and dare to make a difference.
— Nicky Gumbel
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
— Edith Wharton
To be good is noble, but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.
— Mark Twain
We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.
— Woodrow Wilson
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it onto future generations.
— George Bernard Shaw
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
— Lou Holtz
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
— Margaret Mead
As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.
— Marianne Williamson