Quotes by Fire The dead are happy, having no desire. I rise and fall, and rise and fall again, Something is in me, famishing for bread, Baffled and unappeasable as fire. Arthur Symons firedesirefall Let the Spirit be lacking, and there may be wisdom of words, but not the wisdom of God; the powers of oratory, but not the power of God; the demonstration of argument and the logic of the schools, but not the demonstration of the Holy Spirit, the all-convincing logic of His lightning flash, such as convinced Saul before the Damascus gate. When the Spirit was outpoured the disciples were all filled with power from on high, the most unlettered tongue could silence gainsayers, and with its new fire burn its way through obstacles as flames fanned by mighty winds sweep through forests. Arthur Tappan Pierson flamesfireschool From every pulpit in the land it needs to be thundered forth that God still lives, that God still observes, ... still reigns. Faith is now in the crucible, it is being tested by fire, and there is no fixed... resting place for the heart and mind but in the Throne of God. What is needed now, as never before, is a full, positive, constructive setting forth of the Godhood of God. Arthur W. Pink firefaithheart When you observe that the fire in your room is getting dull, you do not always put on more coal, but simply stir with the poker; so God often uses the black poker of adversity in order that the flames of devotion may burn more brightly. Arthur W. Pink adversityflamesfire How can we extinguish a fire if we don't first cut off the fuel that ignites the inferno? Arun Manilal Gandhi cuttingfirefirsts i Believe In The Fire Of Love And The Sweat Of Truth Assata Shakur sweatfirebelieve While big corporations make huge, tax-free profits, taxes for the everyday working person skyrocket. While politicians take free trips around the world, those same politicians cut back food stamps for the poor. While politicians increase their salaries, millions of people are being laid off. I do not understand a government so willing to spend millions of dollars on arms, to explore outer space, even the planet Jupiter, and at the same time close down day care centers and fire stations. Assata Shakur cuttingspacefire You want to ensure people can do it right 99 percent of time. When we have to fire one of our surgical trainees, it is never because they dont have the physical skills but because they dont have the moral skills - to practise and admit failure. Atul Gawande skillsfirepeople Ever since we invented fire and the wheel, we've been demonstrating both our ability and our inherent desire to fix things that we don't like about ourselves and our environment. Aubrey de Grey wheelsfiredesire You cannot use someone else's fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it. Audre Lorde fireorderbelieve I have suckled the wolf's lip of anger and I have used it for illumination, laughter, protection, fire in places where there was no light, no food, no sisters, no quarter. Audre Lorde laughterangerfire The only real security is the ability to build your own fires and find your own peace. Audrey Sutherland womenrealfire Because in the midst of happiness there is always a seed of unhappiness; it consumes itself like fire--it can't burn forever, sooner or later it must die; and this presentiment of the end destroys my happiness when it is at is height. August Strindberg fireforeverhappiness The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation. Auguste Rodin creativityfireart I once read about a guy who lost his arms in a fire. The nurse took pity on him and gave him a hand job. I don't even get that. Augusten Burroughs firejobshands He was a horse of goodly countenance, rather expressive of vigilance than fire; though an unnatural appearance of fierceness was thrown into it by the loss of his ears, which had been cropped pretty close to his head. Augustus Baldwin Longstreet horsefireloss Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world. Aung San Suu Kyi sufferingfireworld The collision of a great man with a great idea strikes fire in dry flax. Austin O'Malley firemenideas We must be laid like a brand in the fire ... if we would gain immortal youth. Austin O'Malley youthgainsfire Romantic art is the fuel and the spark plug of a Man's soul. It's task is to set a soul on fire and never let it go out. Ayn Rand firemenart«910111213141516171819»
