A Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness. — © Eleanor Roosevelt
It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Once the concentration camps and the hell-holes of the world were in darkness. Now they are lit by the light of the Amnesty candle; the candle in barbed wire. When I first lit the Amnesty candle, I had in mind the old Chinese proverb: 'Better light a candle than curse the darkness.'
It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.
She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
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.
We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.
My heroes have always been the hardworking and unflappable. Those who light a candle rather than curse the darkness.
In a time of darkness, you don't curse the darkness, you light a candle.
I have not been part of an active counterculture movement, as it is not the approach that I have personally pursued to create a qualitatively beneficial and meaningful impact on society. Perhaps, my belief is along the old saying that 'it is always better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.'
Don't curse the darkness, light a candle.
You can curse the darkness or light a candle. The choice is yours.
The proper response, as Hanukkah teaches, is not to curse the darkness but to light a candle.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the dark In the eyes of the youth, there are question marks
When you’re sitting in a dark room, you can either sit and curse the darkness—or you can light a candle.
It isn't useful to curse the darkness; instead light your candle and let your light shine.
Paintings may not have nearly the power to convert people that the printed or spoken word has, but each man has his part to play in the human and divine drama - some persons just a few lines, others whole pages. To refuse to play one's role at all is not the answer. It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.
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