If you’re an entrepreneur, then you know that candles are a must-have for any successful business. Not only do they make your office or store smell nice, but they also provide a relaxing and calming atmosphere. Candles come in all shapes and sizes, and each one has its own unique set of quotes. Here is a compilation of some of the best candle quotes out there to help inspire and motivate you on your journey to entrepreneurship.

The best candle quotes

1. An ugly candle that lights up a home is better than a beautiful lamp that merely decorates a room. — Matshona Dhliwayo

2. If Thomas Edison invented electric light today, Dan Rather would report it on CBS News as, ‘Candle–making industry threatened’. — Newt Gingrich

3. Do–gooders are easily overlooked. We’re supposed to be soft, touchy–feely types, who wear Birkenstocks, compost everything, and write poetry by candlelight. — Nancy Lublin

4. I always wanted to get married with just candles! I think candlelight is the most beautiful light there is and there’s something very spiritual about it. — Nicole Kidman

5. Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back, When gold and silver becks me to come on. — William Shakespeare

6. These blessed candles of the night. — William Shakespeare

7. A soldier’s mind is mAde of rock — the heArt of A cAndle.

8. You can blow out a candle, but you cannot blow out a star. — Matshona Dhliwayo

9. The Heart is like a candle, longing to be lit! — Rumi

10. The poet I saw once…but whose words have long beenin my mind, windows of invincible candles… — Nathalie Handal, The Neverfield: Poem

11. No wonder God chose this dark land to send prophets to, for a candle only shines in the dark. — Rami Ollaik, The Bees Road

12. Don’t criticize or curse at darkness — be wise and never forget to light a candle.

13. To light a candle is to cast a shadow . . . — Ursula K. Le Guin

14. Logic ignores the almost, just as the sun ignores the candle. — Victor Hugo

15. By lighting another’s candle you brighten your own. — Matshona Dhliwayo

16. By lighting another’s candle you brighten your own. — Matshona Dhliwayo

17. I want to know a butcher paints, A baker rhymes for his pursuit, Candlestick–maker much acquaints His soul with song, or, haply mute, Blows out his brains upon the flute. — Robert Browning

18. A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle. — Thomas Jefferson

19. From candlelight to early bedtime, I read. — Thomas Jefferson

20. The winds of tribulation blow out some men’s candles of commitment.(Maxwell) Our job in recovery is to protect our candle from those winds. — Roger Stark, The Waterfall Concept

21. Electricity is a wonderful thing. Do you realise that if we didn’t have electricity, we’d be watching television by candle light? — Tommy Cooper

22. It’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness. — Terry Pratchett

23. To light a candle is to cast a shadow… — Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea

24. The poet I saw once…but whose words have long beenin my mind, windows of invincible candles… — Nathalie Handal, The Neverfield: Poem

25. There are many ways in which life’s little candle can be snuffed out. A cold wind pursues us all. — Yann Martel, The High Mountains of Portugal

26. No wonder God chose this dark land to send prophets to, for a candle only shines in the dark. — Rami Ollaik, The Bees Road

27. Who has been unhooking the stars without my permission, and putting them on the table in the guise of candles? — Victor Hugo

28. Time drops in decay Like a candle burnt out. And the mountains and woods Have their day, have their day; But, kindly old rout Of the fire–born moods, You pass not away. — W B Yeats

29. Light a candle against the darkness… — Sylvain Reynard

30. Candle WISDOM If you knewwhat you will knowwhen your candlehas burnt low, it would greatlyease your plightwhile your candlestill burns bright. — Piet Hein

31. Its Never Worth It To Light A Candle In Dark Room, If Your Inner Soul Is Still Full Of Darkness. — Yaganesh Derasari

32. Our human knowledge is a candle burnt On a dim altar to a sun–vast Truth. — Sri Aurobindo

33. As one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many, yea in some sort to our whole nation. — William Bradford

34. My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun? — Wernher Von Braun

35. Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come. — Rabindranath Tagore

36. One idea lights a thousand candles. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

37. I like doing food as a focal point on my table. It is not like going out and buying flowers or candles, which are expensive. — Sandra Lee

38. Live as intensely as possible, burn your candle of life from both ends. — Osho, And The Flowers Showered Discourses On Zen

39. Any one war seems rooted in its antecedents. — T.H. White, The Candle in the Wind

40. Who has been unhooking the stars without my permission, and putting them on the table in the guise of candles? — Victor Hugo

41. A melancholy–looking man, he had the appearance of one who has searched for the leak in life’s gas–pipe with a lighted candle. — P.G. Wodehouse

42. How many miles to Babylon?Three score and ten!Can I get there by candle light?Yes, and back again? — E. Nesbit, The Story of the Amulet

43. I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing ‘Happy Birthday.’ — Steven Alexander

44. Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come. — Rabindranath Tagore

45. Denis’s love for Mattia had burned itself out, like a forgotten candle in an empty room, leaving behind a ravenous discontent. — Paolo Giordano, The Solitude of Prime Numbers

46. My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun? — Wernher Von Braun

47. I wanted to buy a candle holder, but the store didn’t have one. So I got a cake. — Mitch Hedberg

48. Don’t criticize or curse at darkness — be wise and never forget to light a candle.

49. Denis’s love for Mattia had burned itself out, like a forgotten candle in an empty room, leaving behind a ravenous discontent. — Paolo Giordano, The Solitude of Prime Numbers

50. How many miles to Babylon?Three score and ten!Can I get there by candle light?Yes, and back again? — E. Nesbit, The Story of the Amulet

Conclusion

Candles can be a beautiful source of light, a symbol of hope, and a reminder of the things that matter in life. They can bring a sense of warmth and comfort to any space, and their flickering flames can bring peace and reflection. Whether you’re looking for inspiration or just a moment of peace, these quotes about candles can help to bring a little bit of light into your life.