Candles have a unique way of enchanting our senses, evoking feelings of warmth, serenity, and nostalgia. Whether they flicker softly in a cozy living room, illuminate a romantic dinner, or accompany moments of reflection, candles have been a source of inspiration and solace throughout history. From ancient rituals to modern decor, they symbolize illumination, hope, and spiritual transcendence.
Countless writers, poets, and thinkers have been captivated by the mesmerizing glow of candles, often weaving their allure into prose and verse. Their words echo the timeless appeal of these luminous companions, celebrating their ability to light up not just physical spaces but also the corners of our hearts and minds. Join us in exploring a collection of insightful and inspirational quotes about candles, each offering a glimpse into the profound impact these simple yet profound objects can have on our lives. Discover wisdom, whimsy, and wonder as we delve into the illuminating world of candlelight. Without further ado, let the quotes on this topic ignite your imagination and illuminate your path.
I love how most people in ‘Sixteen Candles’ don’t actually look their age. It adds to the movie’s funky and low-budget vibe. Phoebe Robinson
I have this one room – it has a TV, a sofa, some candles. I close the door, sit down and lose myself. Denise Lewis
My mom and I used to always get these Bath & Body Works candles but I like anything that smells warm. I love vanilla. Jordyn Woods
I love candles. Michelle Visage
My great-grandfather was a coal miner, who worked in Pennsylvania mines when carts were pulled by mules and mines were lit by candles. Mining was very dangerous work then. Tim Murphy
The best thing about summer entertaining is it doesn’t have to be fancy – and you can eat outdoors. You can use a tablecloth or just a piece of fabric you love. You can’t go wrong with white candles; put them in jars or hurricane vases. Katie Lee
I have way too many candles. There’s always a candle burning at home. Erin Heatherton
In the evening I love lighting all my candles. It creates such a beautiful ambiance. Tish Cyrus
I think people just think I am crazy because they see me doing stand-up, but I am generally not. I am very sad. I’m one of those guys that lights candles and listens to Rachmaninoff. Bobby Lee
My grandfather, born in 1865, was a copper miner from the age of 10. The air down the mines was poisoned with arsenic, and working conditions were horrific. They only had candles for light, so they worked in a pitch-black environment. Shakin’ Stevens
I did candles because I wanted a candle to put in my home. I couldn’t find one I liked. Matthew Williamson
When I’m really stressed out, I go to church. I light candles and sit and pray. And I’ll ask myself, What’s the lesson? Why am I going through this? There’s got to be a reason I’m here. What am I supposed to learn? Sandra Lee
An excellent wine, someone’s best attempt at cooking, and the candles and flowers on the table can turn the simplest dinner into an unforgettably romantic event. Letitia Baldrige
I dyed my hair red when I was ten and when I was 11 – in my goth period – I dyed it black and I was really into witchcraft. I made mini shrines in my bedroom with candles and tried to cast spells to make the boy in the next class fall in love with me. I don’t think he did. Florence Welch
I like candles. It helps cover up for the fact that I have four male roommates. Tyler Joseph
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. Margaret Fuller
I love candles and creating a homely space. Laura Whitmore
I read a book on candles and got curious. I followed it up by taking a course with famous London-based candle maker David Constable. And now these have become the passion of my life. Dimple Kapadia
The vibe of my wedding is kind of going to be ethereal. Simple and modern, in a way, but with a lot of greenery. So, eucalyptus, olive branches, moss, and candles – it’s going to be very… I want it to feel very comfortable, but obviously sleek. Sasha Pieterse
People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly. Irwin Shaw
How gently rock yon poplars high Against the reach of primrose sky With heaven’s pale candles stored. Jean Ingelow
You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. Bob Hope
I’m a child of the ’80s, so like everyone else, I love all those classic, formative movies – ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,’ ‘Pretty in Pink,’ ‘Sixteen Candles,’ ‘Dirty Dancing,’ etc., with ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ and ‘The Breakfast Club’ existing on a separate, slightly higher plane. Lauren Weisberger
The putting on of vestments and lighting candles, it’s a wonderful ritual that never changes from one Mass to another. Liam Neeson
One of my life’s watchwords is ‘hyggelig.’ It’s an untranslatable Danish term for getting together with friends and family and sitting around in a cosy atmosphere with nice food and wine and candles. Sandi Toksvig
I learnt how to make candles when I was a kid. My mom used to make them. Then, when I broke my leg once and couldn’t really move around, I started playing around with it… putting the scent inside and dried flowers, and that’s it. Twinkle Khanna
You can point any kind of laser at my face, but I don’t think Botox is for me. I think it is bad. People who have too much, they look like their faces are full of candles – a shiny, shiny face. Tina Fey
You know, maybe I was just born in the wrong time, but I love all things romantic. Puffy understands that. For my last birthday, he covered my hotel room floor with rose petals and had flowers and candles all over the room. Jennifer Lopez
Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write. I have candles going, and small objects that remind me of what I am working on, or bring me into the world of the character. Adriana Trigiani
Once I was hosting an important dinner party at our house – everything was perfect, candles were lit, the house smelled amazing with great food and drinks ready. We lit a fire and the flue wasn’t able to open, unbeknownst to us. We smoked out the entire house and the fire department had to come – it was a mess. Jeremiah Brent
I love prayer candles, and I use them often. Marianne Williamson
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
I grew up during the war years in a tiny cottage with no electricity. Water for washing was pumped from a pond. My brother and I had to fetch drinking water from a tap at the end of the lane, and light was from candles, paraffin lamps, and our nightly log fire. Helen Craig
I’m a minimalist Jew, but on Friday night, I celebrate Shabbat. At sundown, we light candles, say the blessing, and I don’t turn on my computer for 24 hours. Jill Soloway
I’m a fan of creating the mood and vibe with flowers, candles, and music. I love making my guests feel like it’s not formal and they can relax in my home. Karen Elson
Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of ‘Veedon Fleece’ in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man! Nate Ruess
I’m obsessed with candles. Bria Vinaite
I loved every second of Catholic church. I loved the sickly sweet rotting-pomegranate smells of the incense. I loved the overwrought altar, the birdbath of holy water, the votive candles; I loved that there was a poor box, the stations of the cross rendered in stained glass on the windows. Anne Lamott
One of my greatest extravagances is smelly candles. I’m embarrassed to say, but I spend a disproportionate amount of money on candles. It adds up. Carole Radziwill
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
I can’t live without my beauty products. I love to be in my bathroom with my candles lit, morning, noon and night. I like taking hot baths and hot showers, using my body scrubs and lotions. Traci Bingham
When all candles be out, all cats be grey. John Heywood
I have candles, pictures and flowers on my nightstand… and of course a lamp! Khloe Kardashian
I landed in Indianapolis on my 17th birthday. There to greet me was my new American family, the Bakers. I had barely blown out the candles on my birthday cake before the question came, ‘So, do you want to go watch a football game? We need a kicker.’ Morten Andersen
My first novel, ‘Compromising Positions,’ was a whodunit. The protagonist was a Long Island Jewish housewife who turns private investigator. But she was Jewish the way I was: lighting Sabbath candles but envying her Protestant and Catholic friends’ December decorating options. Susan Isaacs
My guilty pleasure is listening to Enya in the bathtub. I do bubbles. I do essential oils. Candles, if they’re around. Chord Overstreet
Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men’s candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame. Jane Porter
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Rearranging furniture, adding some candles, or making even small tweaks can really make the difference. Anthea Turner
He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles. Kit Williams
For me, the end of childhood came when the number of candles on my birthday cake no longer reflected my age, around 19 or 20. From then on, each candle came to represent an entire decade. Yotam Ottolenghi
They say there are no atheists in foxholes, and in the foxhole of my divorce, I found solace in walking to St. Patrick’s Cathedral and lighting candles. Faith Salie
Let’s be honest: you can’t celebrate fall without it’s leading role – pumpkin! You can incorporate this flavor of the season in so many ways, from candles to lattes, pies to decorations. Rachel Hollis
The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who… burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles. Jack Kerouac
I have a candle permanently on my Jacuzzi because I love me some candles. Ronda Rousey
Pandemic life has turned me into a freak for baths, and my process is involved enough to make it fun. I pour in some bubble bath, add a pouch of Japanese onsen powder, and place some candles around the bathroom for ambiance. Bowen Yang
None of our bars smell like a bar at all – that’s our number one rule – and we use certain scented candles and certain types of incense in order to give our bars a specific feel and ambiance. Rande Gerber
I love to be in my bathroom with my candles lit, morning, noon and night. I like taking hot baths and hot showers, using my body scrubs and lotions. Traci Bingham
I am not at all a romantic person, I hate flowers and candles… rather find it irritating. Amyra Dastur
We have a Danish Christmas. On Christmas Eve we dance around the tree, hold hands, sing carols. There are real candles on the tree. Morten Andersen
I can stay in the bath for, well, the longest has been seven or eight hours. I get completely set up with my laptop so I can watch ‘The Sopranos,’ put out some scented candles, music. I have a towel nearby so I can dry my hand to change the music or the TV. I make a little heaven for myself. And then I just refill and refill. Suki Waterhouse
A few years ago, I got to a point where I realised that the only way you can tell someone’s age is how they live their life. The candles on the cake mean absolutely nothing. Rob Lowe
After every bath, I make sure to moisturize my entire body. I’m obsessed with Diptyque: people love their candles, but their body products are also amazing. Priyanka Chopra
The Alanis Morissette tour, everybody thinks that was all sitting around, lighting candles and talking intelligently about synergy and big words. That band was so gnarly. We were such scumbags. Alanis had no idea. We were like Van Halen. Taylor Hawkins
I fancy the romantic image of myself being soothed and inspired by music and the sweet aroma and flickering lights of candles. Mary Balogh
The magnificent cosmos is a palace that has the sun and the moon as its lamps and the stars as its candles; time is like a rope or ribbon hung within it, on to which the Glorious Creator each year threads a new world. Said Nursi
There used to be a time when people used to hold up cigarette lighters and candles at concerts, and the place was aglow to celebrate the end of the evening, or during a slow song, there was this congregational euphoria that used to exist. It still does, but now it’s a question of iPhones being held up. Ian Gillan
Watching Rachel Maddow is like going to Target. You went in for milk, but you left with shampoo, candles, and the entire history of the Byzantine Empire. ‘I didn’t need this.’ Michelle Wolf
I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things. Joan Collins
On September twentieth every year, I got to choose my menu – meatloaf, corn niblets, and rice were followed by candles on chocolate cake with vanilla icing and a scoop of Brock-Hall ice cream. Donald Hall
For me, candlelit is the only way to have a dinner. There are always candles at my table. And I like to have Luis Miguel playing in the background. Marcela Valladolid
I still get nervous about singing. I drink tea with honey and lemon before every concert. And I need to have scented candles in all of my hotel rooms. Mary J. Blige
I think when romantic comedies are done well, it’s a great genre. ‘When Harry Met Sally’ is kind of a benchmark for me, but I’m very happy to admit that I love ‘Pretty Woman.’ I do! It’s a great film, and so is ‘Sixteen Candles.’ I was a big John Hughes fan – still am. I have moments where I have to watch a Hughes film. Jamie Dornan
In my dressing room, you’ll definitely find some Starbursts and Skittles. I have a lot of candles that remind me of home, and a humidifier for my voice. I also have some digital Kodak albums where I have pictures of my friends and family. Trey Songz
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Buddha
My bathroom is full of houseplants and candles. Joe Sugg
Bob Hope said: ‘You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.’ And while this quote is generally amusing, it is even more amusing when you know he said that when he was old. Gyles Brandreth
I love a good hot bath with candles and a bit of Matey bubble bath. Joe Sugg
Now you know those trick candles that you blow out and a couple of seconds. Tim Vine
I get uncomfortable when people give me presents and watch me open them. I don’t have birthday parties, because the idea of a group of people singing and looking at me while I’m blowing out candles gives me hives. Brit Marling
The thing I regret most about my life are those inane photos of me with icons. They used to come down here and dress me up, and I just tolerated it. It’s my fault. But I shouldn’t have done it. They literally brought down costumes, candles, and icons! It was unbelievable stupidity. John Tavener
I never want to lose touch with reality. I won’t push $100 candles just because. I realized that I could create a hub of positivity and affirmation. Meghan Markle
You go into any recording studio in the world, and you see candles, lights, and that Apple light from a Mac. Jimmy Iovine
People imagine that there are rituals, like lighting candles or sacrificing chickens. They really just want to know what the magic formula is for writing. I inevitably disappoint them by saying you just put your butt in the chair, and you write 500 words a day, and then you get up and repeat it the next morning. John Scalzi
I have Vie Luxe candles in every room. In 2006 I spent the month of August in Sardinia, and the scent reminds me of the wonderful time we had. Tamara Mellon
No hidden talents, but I have a lot of hobbies. Acrylic painting – I got a whole set, and I light candles at night and sit there and paint and look out on Lake Michigan. Christen Press
I have a vintage bohemian style of decor with a lot of candles, and second hand furniture and my crystals and my books and plants. Jessica Origliasso
I was not a girl who grew up buying $100 candles. I was the girl who ran out of gas on her way to an audition. Meghan Markle
The manufacture of wax candles was another important branch of business in the nunnery. Maria Monk
I always pamper myself with scented candles. They make the room look beautiful and me feel pretty. Tinsley Mortimer
I am going to notice the lights of the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars, the lights of our candles as we march, the lights with which spring teases us, the light that is already present. Anne Lamott
I’m a huge John Hughes fan, and I grew up in the ’80s, when his films came out. So, my introduction to what you’d call ‘cinema love,’ that illusion of love, was ‘Sixteen Candles’ and Molly Ringwald. Nicolas Winding Refn
Yes, I’m the crazy person who totally travels with candles. Bria Vinaite
I love ‘O Holy Night.’ On Christmas Eve, there’s a service at the church where I grew up, and at midnight, we would always sing, ‘O Holy Night’ with candles. Rachel Boston
I have always had an obsession with candles. Tish Cyrus
I’ll put candles all over the room, then light then, and get to it. I call it my ‘vibe in a bag.’ Jody Watley
But ‘Sixteen Candles’ is the only movie I could watch over and over and over without getting sick of it. Santigold
There is this church that I go to a lot in New York. I’m not religious but I love lighting candles and stuff. I find it useful. Rufus Wainwright
The tradition of putting candles on Christmas trees actually began in Germany. The person who came up with the idea is thought to have been Martin Luther, father of the Reformation. Christopher Buckley
I’m also interested in pets with alopecia. And design. I’m surprised I haven’t gone through with a homeware brand. The bedding, the comforters, the candles, the this and that. I would like to design everything. Lisa Vanderpump