Fire Quotes - Page 2

• The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

  Plutarch

  Inspirational, Leadership, Education

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• One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.

  John Foster

  Motivation, Work, Responsibility

  John Foster (1849). “The life and thoughts of John Foster”, p.266

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• There is no fire like passion
  No crime like hatred,
  No sorrow like separation,
  No sickness like hunger,
  And no joy like the joy of freedom.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspiring, Wise, Buddhist

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• Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

  Terry Pratchett

  Funny, Life, Intelligent

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• Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

  William Shakespeare

  Closest

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.20

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• Time is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Substance, Time Management, Tigers

  Jorge Luis Borges (1964). “Other Inquisitions, 1937-1952”

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• Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.

  Cormac McCarthy

  Inspirational, Attitude, Burning

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• The most tangible of all visible mysteries - fire.

  Leigh Hunt

  Tangible, Mystery, Visible

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• Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Courage, Genius, Talent

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.87, Wildside Press LLC

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  To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.

  Pablo Neruda

  Inspirational, Love Is, People

  Pablo Neruda, Mikis Theodorakis (1985). “Canto general: a song of the people”

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• I’m the only fire that can live in the rain

  Lil Wayne

  Rain

  Song: Seat Down Low

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• Anger is like fire. It burns all clean.

  Maya Angelou

  Clean

  Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

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• To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Doe, World, Knows

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• The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Water, Lessons, Hottest

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• Each person shines with his or her own light. No two flames are alike. There are big flames and little flames, flames of every color. Some people’s flames are so still they don’t even flicker in the wind, while others have wild flames that fill the air with sparks. Some foolish flames neither burn nor shed light, but others blaze with life so fiercely that you can’t look at them without blinking, and if you approach you shine in the fire.

  Eduardo Galeano

  Light, Air, Flames

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• Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Fables (Book VIII)". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1668-1694.

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• what matters most is how well you walk through the fire

  Charles Bukowski

  Motivational, Uplifting, I Hate You

  Charles Bukowski (2012). “The Pleasures of the Damned: Selected Poems 1951-1993”, p.505, Canongate Books

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• Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see nothing but a little smoke at the top of the chimney and then go on their way.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Heart, Artist, May

  Letter to Theo van Gogh from Cuesmes, www.vangoghletters.org. June 22-24, 1880.

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• Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.

  Mark Twain

  Looks

  A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ch. 35 (1889)

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• Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.

  William Shakespeare

  Stars, Halloween, Dark

  William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1817). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Dr. Johnson, G. Steevens, and Others”, p.279

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• People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.

  Abigail Van Buren

  Inspirational, Peace, Memorable

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  Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.

  Joan Crawford

  Love, Heartbreak, Dream

  Interview in "Hollywood Reporter", 1954.

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• A spark can set a whole forest on fire. Just a spark. Save it.

  Charles Bukowski

  Sparks, Forests, Whole

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• I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

  Mia Hamm

  Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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• It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.

  Frederick Douglass

  Light, Earthquakes, Storm

  Speech, Rochester, N.Y., 5 July 1852

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