You can paint the whole sky black, but that won’t keep stars from shinning.

If you want your inner light to shine brighter, illuminate someone else’s.

As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.

A star never lets anything dull its sparkle, not even darkness.

Be selfless like a burning candle; giving of yourself to others even if it consumes you.

In a world full of pebbles dare to be a diamond.

Learn from stars; when dark times try to dull your sparkle, shine.

If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.

You are as the sun; the world is your stage; even without an audience, shine.