Quotes by Fire What fire could ever equal the sunshine of a winter's day? Henry David Thoreau sunshinefirewinter What happened to the world was gradual. I've forgotten what it actually was, but I have faint, fetal memories of what it was like. A smoldering dread that never really caught fire till there wasn't much left to burn. Each sequential step surprised us. Then one day we woke up, and everything was gone. Isaac Marion one-dayfirememories I will only ever be drawn to people who suffer from that special and fertile anguish called self-doubt, or the thirst for the ideal, and desire for the soul's mystical fire. Self-satisfaction because of some material accomplishment will never be for me. The truly great are those who quest for better spiritual selves. Isabelle Eberhardt selffirespiritual Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you, when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. Isaiah flamesangelfire The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter Henry David Thoreau firesummerwinter Power has destroyed many people - not really. Power doesn't destroy anyone. People apply it poorly and it can ruin their lives. Power is like fire. Fire is neither good nor bad. It's how you use it. Frederick Lenz usefirepeople There is a dreadful Hell, And everlasting pains; There sinners must with devils dwell In darkness, fire, and chains. Isaac Watts paindarknessfire Is not Fire a Body heated so hot as to emit Light copiously? For what else is a red hot Iron than Fire? And what else is a burning Coal than red hot Wood? Isaac Newton lightfirescience The trouble is that no devastating or redeeming fires have ever burnt in my life.... My life began by flickering out. Ivan Goncharov passionfirelife A fire-eater must eat fire even if he has to kindle it himself. Isaac Asimov kindlesifsfire any writer is inevitably going to work with his own anxieties and desires. If the book is any good it has got to have in it the fire of a personal unconscious mind. Iris Murdoch anxietyfirebook A sense of beauty is every hindrance to a soldier; yet there would be no soldiers - or none such soldier had not men dead and living cherished and handed on the sacred fire. Ivor Gurney soldierfiremen Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on fire. Horace firedangerhouse I can't give you the white picket fence, and if I did, you'd set it on fire. Ilona Andrews firewhitegiving Reign of Fire is something I know how to do, because I've played tough so much. Izabella Scorupco reigntoughfire We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. Good night. J. B. Priestley good-nightfiremen I do not use airplanes. They strike me as unsporting. You can have an automobile accident-and survive. You can be on a sinking ship-and survive. You can be in an earthquake, fire, volcanic eruption, tornado, what you will-and survive. But if your plane crashes, you do not survive. And I say the heck with it. Isaac Asimov airplanefirefunny Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done! [Apocryphal] Isaac Newton hard-workdonefire Discipline is no longer literal obedience but intelligent obedience, for discipline aims at obedience coupled with activity of will. Once discipline weakens and vanishes, as it does towards the latter stages of the fire fight, and the crowd instinct possesses the soldier, then will he, if training has formed those necessary mental reflexes, surrender himself to the will of his leader; this is where leadership supplants discipline without destroying it. J. F. C. Fuller intelligentfightingfire As shines the moon amid the lesser fires. Horace shiningmoonfire«7071727374757677787980»
