“Every man and woman who serves the Lord, no matter how faithful they may be, have their dark hours; but if they have lived faithfully, light will burst upon them and relief will be furnished.” IfsMenMayMatterLightHoursDarkLordMen And WomenEvery ManFaithfulReliefDark Hours Author:Lorenzo Snow
“Sometimes men and women prefer the darkness to the light because they are attached to their sins. Nevertheless it is only by opening oneself to the light and only by sincerely confessing one's sins to God that one finds true peace and true joy. It is therefore important to receive the Sacrament of Penance regularly, especially during Lent, in order to receive the Lord's forgiveness and to intensify our process of conversion.” MenImportantSometimesLightJoyOrderProcessSinLordDarknessMen And WomenOneselfConversionOpeningNeverthelessSacramentsSincerelyPenanceConfessingTrue JoyTrue Peace Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“We grow through our dreams. All great men and women are dreamers. Some, however, allow their dreams to die. You should nurse your dreams and protect them through bad times and tough times to the sunshine and light which always come.” MenShouldDreamLightDiesGrowsProtectMen And WomenToughYour DreamsGreat MenSunshineDreamerNurseOur DreamsTough TimesBad Times Author:Woodrow Wilson
“Yet this perhaps is what love does, or the memory of it; it sucks the life from the living, glorying body and leaves it, when love has gone, a shred, a simulacrum - dross, to be swept up from the factory floor, pitiful and dusty, useless... Do all men and women feel love before they die? This force, this source of light, that lies before the sun; glances off mountains and lakes, blinding and dazzling, on a Sunday afternoon; so brilliant you have to guard your soul, fold your arms to shield your heart from the very memory of it.” MenFeelsHeartDoeSoulBodyLightLyingDiesForceMemoriesLove IsSunGoneSourceArmsMountainMen And WomenBrilliantYour SoulUselessLakesSundayAfternoonFactoriesGlancesFoldsShieldsDazzlingPitifulDrossSunday AfternoonsSimulacrum Author:Fay Weldon
“Heroes do not dwell in a time of peace; heroes are hardened in a kiln against the sorrows. Their troubles sharpen the blade and make it gleaming. The glint becomes a brightness that is raised high on a hill, allowing women and men to see beyond themselves. For light swallows darkness. Truth buries death. Heroes are not born. They are filled by Music.” MenLightBornDarknessTroubleHeroSorrowMen And WomenFilledRaisedHillsAllowingBladesBrightnessHardened Author:David Paul
“The Constitution of this government was written by men who accepted Jesus Christ as the Savior of mankind. Let men and women in these United States then continue to keep their eyes centered upon Him who ever shines as a Light to all the world.” MenWorldStatesLightGovernmentEyeJesusChristUnitedUnited StatesWrittenMankindMen And WomenJesus ChristLet MeConstitutionShiningAcceptedSavior Author:David O. McKay
“I've known gay people - men and women - since I was a young person. To me it's just naturalistic and realistic to portray gay characters in a humanistic light. As a young man, I knew enough gay people as people not to fear them. On the other side of the coin, I like to irritate conservatives and homophobes.” PeopleMenPersonsEnoughCharacterLightYoungSidesKnownGayMen And WomenYoung ManRealisticCoinsGay PeopleHumanisticHomophobes Author:Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero
“For me, seeing our history told in this light, the ones who did rebel, the ones who did revolt, the revolutionaries, excited me. Seeing this story of the Underground Railroad ... and that is such a proud part of our history that not a lot of us know about, where these brave men and women, they were heroes, really helped tear down the system of slavery just by running.” KnowsMenStoriesLightRunningSeeingTearsProudHeroMen And WomenSlaveryBraveExcitedRevolutionaryRebelRevoltRailroadsBrave ManUnderground Railroad Author:Jurnee Smollett
“We are going to die, as is everyone we adore - I hate this! But the question is, how do we live as women and men in the face of this? Why do we let ourselves be so distracted and obsessed by meaningless B.S. in light of having one short, precious life? When are we going to wake up and be fully alive to each other and nature and magic and wonder and Life with a capital L? When will we stop hitting the snooze button? And then, how alive are we willing to be?” MenLightFacesHateDiesWonderAliveMagicWillingMen And WomenI HateWake UpObsessedMeaninglessHittingButtonsAdoreDistractedPrecious LifeSnooze Button Author:Anne Lamott
“The new Pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world - not his own light, but that of Christ.” KnowsMenWorldLightChristMen And WomenTasksShiningPopeLight Of Christ Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“I see America, not in the setting sun of a black night of despair ahead of us, I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from the burning, creative hand of God. I see great days ahead, great days possible to men and women of will and vision.” MenHandsLightAmericaNightBlackVisionSunCreativeDespairMen And WomenSettingSettingsBurningRisingHands Of GodGreat DayCrimson Author:Carl Sandburg
“True education seeks to make men and women not only good mathematicians, proficient linguists, profound scientists, or brilliant literary lights, but also honest men and women with virtue, temperance, and brotherly love.” MenLightTruthLyingVirtueHonestHonorMen And WomenScientistProfoundBrilliantMathematicianHonest ManTemperanceBrotherlyBrotherly LoveTrue EducationLinguists Author:David O. McKay
“I love my country, By which I mean, I am indebted joyfully, To all the people throughout its history, Who have fought the government to make right, Where so many cunning sons and daughters, Our foremothers and forefathers, Came singing through slaughter, Came through hell and high water, So that we could stand here, And behold breathlessly the sight, How a raging river of tears, Cut a grand canyon of light... Why can't all decent men and women, Call themselves feminists? Out of respect, For those who fought for this...” PeopleMenMeanCountryLightGovernmentWaterHellCuttingTearsSonSingingDaughterMen And WomenRiversSightFeministRageDecentCunningSlaughterForefathersCanyonsIndebtedSon And DaughterGrand CanyonDecent Man Author:Ani DiFranco
“Most of these people will never make the headlines and their names will not appear in Who's Who. Yet when years have rolled past and when the blazing light of truth is focused on this marvelous age in which we live - men and women will know and children will be taught that we have a finer land, a better people, a more noble civilization - because these humble children of God were willing to suffer for righteousness' sake.” PeopleKnowsMenYearsChildrenLightAgePastSufferingNamesLandTaughtWillingCivilizationTruth IsMen And WomenSakeHumbleFocusedNobleRighteousnessMarvelousHeadlinesChild Of GodBlazing Book:The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: