Robert G. Ingersoll Quotes

Give light and people will find the way.

The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.

When the darkness comes, keep an eye on the light - whatever that is for you - no matter how far away it seems.

Great hopes make great men.

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.

I like to write about the moment of light in the hour of darkness.

I teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David.

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.

I just don't see the light. Where is the light? What am I in this for?

By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called great and who as a result earns the power to influence others.

In a dark time, the eye begins to see.

America is looking for answers. She's looking for a new direction; the world is looking for a light. That light can come from America's great North Star; it can come from Alaska.

When walking through the 'valley of shadows,' remember, a shadow is cast by a Light.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.

Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.

I am convinced that it is the light and the way.

Not many people give you a vision of what the future will bring.

Great men grow.

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.