Fire is one of the four classical elements in ancient Greek philosophy and science. Fire symbolizes many things such us energy, passion, resurrection, eternity, creativity and much more. Inspirational fire quotes will encourage you to think a little deeper than you usually would and broaden your perspective.
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Most Famous Fire Quotes
Fire that’s closest kept burns most of all. – William Shakespeare
Fire is the most tolerable third party. – Henry David Thoreau
Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames – Rumi
The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. – Ferdinand Foch
Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. – Proverb
As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words. – William Shakespeare
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. – Martha Graham
Give a man a fire and he’s warm for the day. But set fire to him and he’s warm for the rest of his life. – Terry Pratchett
The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire – Carl Jung
What fire does not destroy, it hardens – Oscar Wilde
The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. – Chinese Proverb
Playing with fire is bad for those who burn themselves. For the rest of us, it is a very great pleasure. – Jerry Smith
Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. – Proverb
Become the person you were meant to be, light your inner fire and follow your heart’s desire. – Leon Brown
Light up the fire of love inside and blaze the thoughts away. – Rumi
The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires. – Elisabeth Elliot
One can enjoy a wood fire worthily only when he warms his thoughts by it as well as his hands and feet. – Odell Shepherd
What matters most is how well you walk through the fire. – Charles Bukowski
He who sits by the fire, thankless for the fire, is just as if he had no fire. Nothing is possessed save in appreciation, of which thankfulness is the indispensable ingredient. – W.J. Cameron
Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. – Proverb
The most tangible of all visible mysteries – fire. – Leigh Hunt
Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn – exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared. – Otto Weininger
Do not let your fire go out. – Ayn Rand
In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. – Albert Schweitzer
The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire. – Richard M. Nixon
The United States is like giant boiler. Once the fire is lighted under it, there is no limit to the power it can generate. – Winston Churchill
Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born. – George Bernard Shaw
A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him. – Mae West
Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself. – Mark Twain
Catch Fire, Do Something, Get Excited by Finding Your Purpose In Life. – Steve Harvey
A spark neglected makes a mighty fire. – Robert Herrick
If you play with fire, you’re gonna get burned. – Bam Bam Bigelow
I’m the only fire that can live in the rain. – Lil Wayne
Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in under cover. – St Frances De Sales
If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid seeing yourself in the mirror, because I bet that’s what really throws you into a panic. – Jack Handey
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. – Plutarch
Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden. – Cormac McCarthy
Fire is never a gentle master. – Proverb
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. – Buddha
The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness. – Henry David Thoreau
The fires of suffering become the light of consciousness. – Eckhart Tolle
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
To love is to burn, to be on fire. – Jane Austen
Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. – Arnold Glascow
Where there is smoke there is fire. – Proverb
Anger is like fire. It burns all clean. – Maya Angelou
