Profoundly inspirational candle quotes will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.
Famous Candle Quotes
Electricity is a wonderful thing. Do you realize that if we didn’t have electricity, we’d be watching television by candlelight? Tommy Cooper
Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness. Anne Frank
When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I’m sure it made the work seem that much more urgent. George Carlin
When the sun has set, no candle can replace it. George R.R. Martin
The reason there’s no modern day Shakespeare is because he didn’t have anything to do except sit in a room with a candle and think. Chris Cornell
Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy the very things they were meant to illuminate. Embryonic bonfires, each bearing a seed of destruction so potent it could tumble cities and dash kings to their knees. Brandon Sanderson
Who needs a candle snuffer? You have air to blow out a candle. I don’t need a snuffer to put it out. Georgia Toffolo
Each time a person passes by you and you say hello, imagine that person turning into a candle. The more positivity, love and light you reflect, the more light is mirrored your way. Sharing beautiful hellos is the quickest way to earn spiritual brownie points. You should start seeing hellos as small declarations of faith. Every time you say hello to a stranger, your heart acknowledges over and over again that we are all family. Suzy Kassem
Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses the world of demonic powers, as the sun does a candle’s light. Billy Graham
A stray fact insects are not drawn to candle flames, they are drawn to the light on the far side of the flame, they go into the flame and sizzle to nothingness because they’re so eager to get to the light on the other side. Michael Cunningham
The gospel needs to be preached all over the world. You cannot light a candle and put it under a roof. T. B. Joshua
If you hold a candle close to you, its flame rises. And if you hold it away from you, its flame shrinks. The same way you hold a candle close to you, keep all your plans, aspirations, projects, and dreams close to you too. Do not share your plans or goals until you complete them, because as you hold your candle away from you envy, jealousy, and resentment may put out your flame before it grows. Suzy Kassem
Why would anyone walk through life satisfied with the light from the candle of their own understanding when, by reaching out to our Heavenly Father, they could experience the bright sun of spiritual knowledge that would expand their minds with wisdom and fill their souls with joy? Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Do not give them a candle to light the way, teach them how to make fire instead. That is the meaning of enlightenment. Kamand Kojouri
When God comes into your life, He lights a candle in your soul. Anita Bryant
Live as intensely as possible, burn your candle of life from both ends. Osho
To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom. Jose Bergamin
Sometimes neither a friend nor a psychologist can enter the depths of your soul, but only the flames of a candle or a fireplace. Mehmet Murat ildan
We say God and the imagination are one. How high that highest candle lights the dark. Wallace Stevens
This light represents the finest of all of us Our art, poetry and songs, discoveries, creations, and science. Our ability to pick ourselves up from a broken, mad, fractured life and feel part of another, and be part of whatever this universe is. To have a little bit of hope in spite of the madly ruthless, even horrific, drumbeat of history. In the midst of ruin, to discover some sort of unimaginable grace. To hide from death for yet one more day. On this, the darkest day, people will light a candle for all of that. Ruth Ann Oskolkoff
All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle. Francis of Assisi
What does it mean to be a candle? It means challenging the darkness even though you know you will die! Mehmet Murat ildan
The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason, the morning daylight appears planer when you put out your candle. Benjamin Franklin
Being a candle is difficult because one must first burn in order to emit light. Shree Shambav
No wonder God chose this dark land to send prophets to, for a candle only shines in the dark. Rami Ollaik
And then the searchlight which had been turned on the world was turned off again and never for one moment since has there been any light that’s stronger than this kitchen candle. Tennessee Williams
The candles were adored and worshipped like idols, for, after all, they invoked the gods of light. Dean F. Wilson
When we bring in our magical allies like herbs and oils, the difference is like walking into a party on your own where you know no one or walking into the same party with an entourage of friends. Madame Pamita
Sometimes I light incense and a candle. It’s so peaceful and quiet. The steadiness of the energy and the reliability of the warmth have a calming effect. Cindy Williams
You are the destiny within the flame. Anthony T. Hincks
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
I think perhaps I will always hold a candle for you even until it burns my hand. And when the light has long since gone, I will be there in the darkness holding what remains, quite simply because I cannot let go. Atul Purohit
Wisdom holds a candle to experience, but you’ve got to take the candle and walk alone. Lauren Kate
At some point your candle will go out, so make use of the light. Shaun Hick
Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness. Anne Frank
What distinguishes candle from other lights is that it appeals to our soul, not our eyes! Mehmet Murat ildan
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 on to future generations. George Bernard Shaw
I was a candle that had never known a flame, and now that the flame was lit, I softened and glowed in a way I had not known was possible. Danielle Teller
I think there’s something in the human psyche that we’re titillated by the person who flies too close to the candle and their wings get singed. Jeffrey Combs
Birthday marks the beginning of a new year, new hopes and new dreams! So, we should never blow out the candle before cutting the cake on such a day. Let the candle burn! Let it spread light everywhere! Md. Ziaul Haque
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires. François de La Rochefoucauld
Simple is her aim; to be a candle that lightens the world with the name of the Beloved. Mahrukh Memon
It is a great pity but tis certain from every day’s observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end, provided there is a sufficient wick standing out. Laurence Sterne
I love the way you lit candles, with the insistence that I never look, just so I can open my eyes and find the light in the darkness. R. YS Perez
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. William Shakespeare
In Hebrew teaching Ruach is the part of the flame closest to the wick. Nephesh is the part of the wick closest to the flame. J. Earp
Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit. James Russell Lowell
The candles were adored and worshipped like idols, for, after all, they invoked the gods of light. Dean F. Wilson
Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. Brandon Sanderson
Each time a person passes by you and you say hello, imagine that person turning into a candle. The more positivity, love and light you reflect, the more light is mirrored your way. Suzy Kassem
Sensuality is a candle of passion that forever burns within us. But it’s also a wildfire to some of us. Lebo Grand
In regards to the candle that burns at both ends how brilliant the light is for the beholder! Maddy Kobar
I am a candle in a world full of flashlights. Rainbow Harvest
Sometimes you have to be like a candle! What is the mission? To illuminate the darkness? So, no questions asked, just do the job, burn in silence! Set your mission and be like a candle, do your job, quietly, calmly, without complaining, without speaking, in silence! Mehmet Murat ildan
The thick candle that was Tert Card gone somewhere else with his sputtering light. Annie Proulx
At some point your candle will go out, so make use of the light. Shaun Hick
You are watching and trying to conquer the sun with a candle. How should I guide you, even you have not the basic knowledge of it, to figure out such things. Ehsan Sehgal
Simple is her aim; to be a candle that lightens the world with the name of the Beloved. Mahrukh Memon
I knelt and locked the door. I locked the door locking the world and time outside. I stretched my body across the mattress and Saskia drew in close to me and placed her open hand on my chest, her mouth near my shoulder; her breath, my breath blew out the candle, and I held my lost Wanderess with tenderness until sweet sleep overcame us. Roman Payne
I was a candle that had never known a flame, and now that the flame was lit, I softened and glowed in a way I had not known was possible. Danielle Teller
I learned without her saying a word that there are truly many ways to pray, and lighting a candle is one of them. Pat Schneider
Your happiness shouldn’t come with victims. It’s possible to split the light. Your candle can light mine. What is happiness if it doesn’t make another smile? Nesta Jojoe Erskine
As one who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness. Richard Paul Evans
I am a candle in a world full of flashlights. Rainbow Harvest
A friend is the wax that keeps the flame lit, an enemy is the wind that blows it out. Anthony Liccione
The candle is the light of life that is constantly thriving to hang on and light up the darkness of life. Enock Maregesi
A candle, a book and a peaceful person mean three candles for the world! Mehmet Murat ildan
Stars are the universe’s candles. Matshona Dhliwayo
You’re like a candle in a dark room, throwing light backwards and forwards. Christopher Barzak
A candle, a book and a peaceful person mean three candles for the world! Mehmet Murat ildan
The deeds of the light are goodness, righteousness and faithfulness. Lailah Gifty Akita
Our life here is but one burning candle in time why do we worry so much? Bert McCoy
When you have gone beyond thinking, and if you can still remain alert, aware, as if one is fast asleep but still alert deep down at the very core of one’s being a lamp goes on burning, a small candle of light then you will see your original face. And to see your original face is to be back in the Garden of Eden. Osho
Kind people never live for themselves; they are like a candle. A candle never stops lighting up for others even when it melts. Bruce Mbanzabugabo
The glass candle is meant to represent truth and learning, rare and beautiful and fragile things. It is made in the shape of a candle to remind us that a maester must cast light wherever he serve, and it is a sharp to remind us that knowledge can be dangerous. George R.R. Martin
A friend is the wax that keeps the flame lit, an enemy is the wind that blows it out. Anthony Liccione
