51+ Light Quotes About Overcoming Darkness (2023)

51+ Light Quotes About Overcoming Darkness (2023)

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Light is not only the opposite of darkness, but it also conquers every negative emotion.

Here are the best inspirational quotes and sayings for 2023 about letting your light, soul, and love shine in the darkness.


Quotes About How Light Overcomes Darkness

1. “Light is to darkness what love is to fear; in the presence of one the other disappears” – Marianne Williamson

2. “Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself” – Desiderius Erasmus

3. “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present” – Sir Francis Bacon

4. “After darkness comes the light” – Cornelius Nepos

5. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that” – Martin Luther King Jr

6. “Light begins where darkness ends” – Matshona Dhliwayo

7. “Light never lets darkness dull its shine, be likewise” – Matshona Dhliwayo

8. “There is no darkness so dense, so menacing, or so difficult that it cannot be overcome by light” – Vern P. Stanfill

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Quotes About Inner Light

9. “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within” – Maya Angelou

10. “We are all broken, that’s how the light gets in” – Ernest Hemingway

11. “If light is in your heart, you will find your way home” – Rumi

12. “There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it” – Edith Wharton

13. “As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way” – Mary Anne Radmacher

14. “Give light and people will find the way” – Ella Baker

15. “When the light returns to its source, it takes nothing of what it has illuminated” – Rumi

16. “There is light in the world, and it is us” – Eliezer Yudkowsky

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Quotes About Light In The Dark

17. “The most precious light is the one that visits you in your darkest hour” – Mehmet Murat ildan

18. “Light lends you its own eyes to help you find your own” – Matshona Dhliwayo

19. “Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light” – Brene Brown

20. “Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light” – Madeline L’Engle

21. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light” – Aristotle

22. “See the light in others, and treat them as if that is all you see” – Wayne Dyer

23. “You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world” – Oprah Winfrey

24. “No degree of worldly darkness can extinguish the glow of a soul’s inner light” – Wes Fesler


Short Quotes About Light

25. “Light attracts light” – Warsan Shire

26. “If you are the light, you cast away the darkness” – ManHee Lee

27. “Within you is the light of a thousand suns” – Robert Adams

28. “When you possess light within, you see it externally” – Anais Nin

29. “He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star” – William Blake

30. “Be a light unto yourself” – Gautama Buddha

31. “Light is colder when there are parts of it missing” – Olli Jalonen

32. “Your light is more magnificent than sunrise or sunset” – Rumi


Be The Light Quotes

33. “Darkness will always try to extinguish the light. The light will always try to repress the darkness” – Morgan Rhodes

34. “Your path is illuminated by the light, yet darkness lets the stars shine bright” – J.L.W. Brooks

35. “We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are” – J.K. Rowling

36. “A man who refuses light will remain in the darkness even by the side of light!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

37. “Life isn’t just about darkness or light, rather it’s about finding light within the darkness” – Landon Parham

38. “Look at light and admire its beauty. Close your eyes, and then look again: what you saw is no longer there; and what you will see later is not yet” – Leonardo da Vinci

39. “If you have a light, share it with people; if you have a darkness, share it with the Sun!” – Mehmet Murat ildan

40. “Being the light of the world is about being a broken, exploding, scarred star and shining a light of hope and inspiration to everyone around you” – Ricky Maye

41. “Instead of fighting the darkness, you bring in the light” – Eckhart Tolle

42. “Light up the darkness” – Bob Marley

43. “May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out” – J. R. R. Tolkien


Quotes On Light And Life

44. “What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness” – Marcus Aurelius

45. “There’s a light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness” – Charles Bukowski

46. “Where there is darkness, let there be light” – Francis of Assisi

47. “Even in darkness it is possible to create light” – Elie Wiesel

48. “In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary” – Aaron Rose

49. “Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light” – Sogyal Rinpoche

50. “There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights” – Bram Stoker

51. “Listen, the obvious thing to remember is without dark, there is no light, and without light, there is no dark” – Jessica Capshaw

52. “Light is a matter of experience, and it stays in play as experience even as we do our best to reduce it to rule and explanation” – David A. Grandy

53. “For those searching for the light . . . Never stop” – A. Meredith Walters

54. “No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you’ll find the positive side of things” – Demi Lovato

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