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Quotes About Fire

Heaven but the vision of fulfilled desire, and Hell the shadow from a soul on fire.
~ Omar Khayyam
A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action.
~ Paul J. Meyer
From the desert I come to thee, On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire.
~ Bayard Taylor
Bring me my bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my spear: O clouds, unfold! Bring me my chariot of fire.
~ William Blake
There is no fire like passion. There are no chains like hate. Illusion is a net, Desire is a rushing river.
~ Gautama Buddha
Christian, thou knowest thou carriest Gunpowder about thee, desire those that carry Fire to keep at a Distance from thee; 'tis a dangerous Crisis when a proud Heart meets with flattering Lips.
~ John Flavel
The key that unlocks energy is desire.
~ Earl Nightingale
Over the tea-cups and in the square the tongue has its desire; Still waters run deep, my dear, there's never smoke without fire.
~ W. H. Auden
Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
~ Bear Bryant
But you've got to be tough when consumed by desire, cause it's not enough just to stand outside the fire.
~ Garth Brooks
What is desire?-- The impulse to make someone else complete? That woman would set sodden straw on fire.
~ Theodore Roethke
Do not fear the fire within you, burning brighter than any star it attracts only those whose flame feeds off the very air that you breathe. Let passion be the inferno that engulfs your soul.
~ Virginia Alison
Trapped in infernoIt blazed brighter than the sunHis desire for her
~ Archana Chaurasia Kapoor
I am a bed of sparks you breathe upon and kindle
~ John Geddes
I swear so soon as age will permit ... I will use fire and steel to arrest the destiny of Rome.
~ Hannibal
At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
~ E. M. Forster
Later our dreams begin catching fire around the edges, they burn like paper, we wake with our hands full of ash.
~ Naomi Shihab Nye
Sometimes I was like Beavis and Butt-head growing up. I know people who lit their friend's house on fire accidentally.
~ Glenn Danzig
Logic is no answer to passion.
~ Herb Caen
I take much pride in winning. I don't accept losses, so I'm always going after that. The day I lose this fire, I think it's time for us to stop.
~ Jose Aldo
if the spell was off, I'd have my heart eaten before I could turn around." "Don't you want your heart eaten?" asked the fire. [...] "Naturally I don't," Sophie answered.
~ Diana Wynne Jones
For answer, Calcifer stretched out a blue arm-shaped flame divided into green fingerlike flames at the end. It was not very long, nor did it look strong. "See? I can almost reach the hearth," he said proudly.
~ Diana Wynne Jones
I hope your bacon burns," Calcifer said, muffled under the pan.
~ Diana Wynne Jones
Shirley goes over the edge." "I don't like games like this." "Now George Sand starts to go up in flames." I sighed and closed my eyes. "Wuthering Heights
~ Diane Setterfield