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Quotes about the stars and looking up in wonder. This hand-picked collection brings together 30 of the finest stars quotes ever written — from Friedrich Nietzsche, Helen Keller, William Shakespeare and other great voices. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.

The stars are the land-marks of the universe.

You must have chaos in you to give birth to a dancing star.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star — that is the promise of heaven for dreamers.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars.

— Helen Keller

Doubt thou the stars are fire; doubt that the sun doth move; doubt truth to be a liar; but never doubt I love.

— William Shakespeare

Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art.

— John Keats

And I saw stars again — the stars of hope that come out at the end of the darkness.

— Dante Alighieri

Perhaps the stars in the sky are the souls of the people we loved, watching over us.

Yours is the light by which my spirit's born: — you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.

Through hardship to the stars.

— Virgil

Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where the love of our lost ones shines down to let us know they are happy.

My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star, and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along.

I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.

The moon is the first milestone on the road to the stars.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

— William Shakespeare

Hitch your wagon to a star.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.

— J. R. R. Tolkien

When it rains, look for rainbows; when it's dark, look for stars.

— Oscar Wilde

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. I say unto you: you still have chaos in yourselves.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.

She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies.

— Lord Byron

The sun teaches to all things that grow their longing for the light. But it is night that raises them to the stars.

— Khalil Gibran

May the stars carry your sadness away, may the flowers fill your heart with beauty, may hope forever wipe away your tears.

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

— Norman Vincent Peale

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

— Marcus Aurelius

Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight: I wish I may, I wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

— Oscar Wilde

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