Sir Francis Bacon - In order for the light to shine so brightly the darkness must be present.

S. Ajna - The sun is a daily reminder that we too can rise again from the darkness, that we too can shine our own light.

Francis Bacon - Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

Francis Bacon - We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.

Francis Bacon - The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

Francis Bacon - Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.

Francis Bacon - Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.

Allan Bloom - Education is the movement from darkness to light.

Desmond Tutu - Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

Reba McEntire - For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.

Alan Cohen - Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.

Sir Ian McKellen - Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I’ve ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn’t even realized I was carrying.

Aristotle Onassis - We must ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.

Eleanor Roosevelt - It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it

John Lewis - You must never, ever give out. We must keep the faith because we are one people. We are brothers and sisters. We all live in the same house—the American house.

Theodore Roosevelt - We must dare to be great, and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toll and sacrifice and high courage.