Christmas Candle Quotes & Sayings

When his flock thronged into the midnight service, there was wonder on every face at the newly hung greens and the softly flickering candles on each windowsill. To the simple beauty of the historic church was added fresh, green hope, the lush scent of flowers in winter, and candle flame that cast its flickering shadows over the congregation like a shawl. — Jan Karon

War Doctor: Are you capable of speaking without flapping your hands about?
Eleventh Doctor: Yes.
[Claps his hands together]
Eleventh Doctor: No. — Steven Moffat

Tears are words the mouth can't say nor can the heart bare. — Joshua Wisenbaker

Christmas is God lighting a candle; and you don't light a candle in a room that's already full of sunlight. You light a candle in a room that's so murky that the candle, when lit, reveals just how bad things really are. — N. T. Wright

I huddle in the dark with a mass of burnt matches strewn at my feet. And yet, for all of those matches I've not been able to light a single candle. And huddled in such deep darkness, I've somehow yet to realize that Christmas made both matches and candles forever obsolete. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

What do we expect from criticism? People appear to want it, but why? — Norbert Lynton

Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy. — Emile Zola

America should do a reverse Columbus. The world no longer needs to discover America; but America urgently needs to discover the world's view of America. — Timothy Garton Ash

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important. — Thomas Jefferson

And every heavy burden you are called upon to lift hides within itself a miraculous secret of strength. — Lettie B. Cowman

Some batters, and good ones too, scoff at the whole theory of place hitting, calling it a myth. They are wrong, however. — Edd Roush

Be a candle of light in someone's life this holy season. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It's never the deviants who are the problem, puss. Don't forget that. It's the people who won't open their minds that are dangerous. — Lucy Ribchester

Real love is fighting like hell to hold on to every moment you have with her. It's making a life together and making it work no matter what happens. — Peter Burke

Blest as the immortal gods is he,
The youth who fondly sits by thee,
And hears and sees thee, all the while,
Softly speaks and sweetly smile.
'Twas this deprived my soul of rest,
And raised such tumults in my breast;
For, while I gazed, in transport tossed,
My breath was gone, my voice was lost;
My bosom glowed; the subtle flame
Ran quick through all my vital frame;
O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung;
My ears with hollow murmurs rung;
In dewy damps my limbs were chilled;
My blood with gentle horrors thrilled:
My feeble pulse forgot to play;
I fainted, sunk, and died away. — Sappho

I shouldn't wish to be a tease. To ... lead you on."
He smiled. "That's my look-out, not yours."
She considered that, doubtfully. "There are some men who would disagree."
His smile vanished. "Then they are worthless curs, not men. — Laura Lee Guhrke

Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmastime. — Charles Dickens

Every quarter of a century an angel has touched one candle. Every prayer that was offered over the candle was answered. The Christmas Candle has become legendary. — Max Lucado

A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself away; While quite unselfish, it grows small. — Eva K. Logue

You can't search for the answer to questions that haven't been asked yet. And you can't Google a new idea. The Internet can only tell us what we already know. — Brian Grazer