Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses.
- Lady Gaga

Everything is dark
It's more than you can take
But you catch a glimpse of sun light
Shining, shining down on your face
- Andrew Belle

The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand.
- Katniss, Catching Fire

I was made for sunny days
I made do with grey, but I didn't stay
I was made for sunny days
And I was made for you
 - The Weepies

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren’t enjoying today’s sunshine.
- William Feather

Tuesday, afternoon,
I'm just beginning to see,
Now I'm on my way,
It doesn't matter to me,
Chasing the clouds away.

Something, calls to me,
The trees are drawing me near,
I've got to find out why
Those gentle voices I hear
Explain it all with a sigh.

I'm looking at myself, reflections of my mind,
It's just the kind of day to leave myself behind,
So gently swaying thru the fairy-land of love,
If you'll just come with me and see the beauty of

Tuesday afternoon.

- Moody Blues

They say in each life a little rain must fall
But I will carry on and make it through it all
They say in each life a little rain must fall
But I will carry on and make it through it all and
Shine
Even though the stars aren't smiling on me tonight
I won't let the darkness steal the sunshine
Dim the spotlight on my life
Cause the sun's always been a friend of mine
And he and I are gonna part the clouds in the sky
And shine shine shine.

- Sara Haze

Why I Wake Early

Hello, sun in my face.
Hello, you who made the morning
and spread it over the fields
and into the faces of the tulips
and the nodding morning glories,
and into the windows of, even, the
miserable and the crotchety –

best preacher that ever was,
dear star, that just happens
to be where you are in the universe
to keep us from ever-darkness,
to ease us with warm touching,
to hold us in the great hands of light –
good morning, good morning, good morning.

Watch, now, how I start the day
in happiness, in kindness.

- Mary Oliver

The windows of my soul I throw
Wide open to the sun.
- John Greenleaf Whittier

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
- David Viscott

People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
- Joseph Addison

When I'm stuck with a day
That's gray, and lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And Grin,
And Say,
Oh!

The sun'll come out tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on
'Til tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
I love ya Tomorrow!
You're always a day away!

- Annie 

And even if time ain't really on my side
It's one of those days for taking a walk outside
I'm blowing the day to take a walk in the sun.

- Lovin' Spoonful

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

- Johnny Nash

If these walls came crumblin' down
Fell so hard, to make us lose our faith
From what's left you'd figure it out
Still make lemonade taste like a sunny day
- Dave Matthews Band

I was born to catch dragons in their dens
And pick flowers
To tell tales and laugh away the morning
To drift and dream like a lazy stream
And walk barefoot across sunshine days.
- James Kavanaugh (Sunshine Days and Foggy Nights)

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
- Benjamin Franklin