Fire Within Quotes

• The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.

  Ferdinand Foch

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "The 32nd Infantry Division in World War II". Book by Harold Whittle Blakeley, 1957.

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

  Plutarch

  Inspirational, Leadership, Education

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• Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Success, Motivational Sports

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

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• It is not the place where we are, or the work that we do or cannot do that matters, it is something else. It is the fire within that burns and shines, whatever be our circumstances.

  Amy Carmichael

  Fire, Shining, Matter

  Amy Carmichael (1955). “Edges of His Ways: Daily Devotional Notes”, p.218, CLC Publications

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• Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it.

  Wilferd Peterson

  Inspirational, Success, Dream

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• Lighting a fire UNDER someone will never be as effective as Lighting a fire WITHIN someone.

  Bob Teague

  Fire, Lighting A Fire, Lighting

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• I am on fire within.
  There comes no murmur of reply.
  What is it that will take away my sin,
  And save me lest I die?

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Fire, Sin, Save Me

  Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.72, Cambridge University Press

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• Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

  William Butler Yeats

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

  "Gov. Brown Uses State of the State Speech to Push Education Reforms" by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, www.scpr.org. January 24, 2013.

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• Tranquil as a forest, but on fire within, once you find your center, you are sure to win.

  David Zippel

  Inspirational, Meaningful, Winning

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• Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Yoga, Fire, Flames

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• Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

  Gautama Buddha

  Life, Wisdom, Spiritual

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• Laugh my friend, for laughter ignites a fire within the pit of your belly and awakens your being.

  Stella McCartney

  Laughter, Fire, Laughing

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• Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Music, Eye, Heart

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• It is important to remember that life is not a dress rehearsal and that none of us should waste our time on doing things that don’t spark fires within us. My golden rule for business and life is: We should all enjoy what we do and do what we enjoy.

  Richard Branson

  Fire, Important, Dresses

  "Richard Branson: My golden rule of business" by Jack Preston, www.virgin.com. August 26, 2014.

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• Fulfilling the four needs in an integrated way is like combining elements in chemistry. When we reach a "critical mass" of integration, we experience spontaneous combustion - an explosion of inner synergy that ignites the fire within and gives vision, passion, and a spirit of adventure to life.

  Stephen Covey

  Spiritual, Passion, Adventure

  "First Things First".

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• My art takes birth when my loneliness becomes my companion... when I take lives and deaths much personally and work when others play. When I meet myself and find that the truth of life is not the dream of tender age ... but the fire within me that creates the work of art.

  Jeet Aulakh

  Dream, Art, Loneliness

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• As a fire blazes brightly when the covering of ash over it is scattered by the wind, the divine fire within the body shines in all its majesty when the ashes of desire are scattered by the practice of pranayama.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Fire, Wind, Practice

  B.K.S Iyengar (2001). “Astadala Yogamala Volume-2: Collected Works”, p.47, Allied Publishers

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• Recollections of the past and visions of the present come to bear me company; the meanest man to whom I have ever given alms appears, to add his mite of peace and comfort to my stock; and whenever the fire within me shall grow cold, to light my path upon this earth no more, I pray that it may be at such an hour as this, and when I love the world as well as I do now.

  Charles Dickens

  Inspirational, Past, Men

  Charles Dickens (2017). “CHARLES DICKENS – The Complete Short Stories: 190+ Christmas Tales, Social Sketches, Tales for Children & Other Stories (Illustrated): A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Battle of Life, The Haunted Man, Sketches by Boz, Mudfog Papers, Reprinted Pieces, Pearl-Fishing, Christmas Stories, Child's Dream of a Star, Holiday Romance…”, p.1176, e-artnow

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• But Sam turned to Bywater, and so came back up the Hill, as day was ending once more. And he went on, and there was yellow light, and fire within; and the evening meal was ready, and he was expected. And Rose drew him in, and set him in his chair, and put little Elanor upon his lap. He drew a deep breath. ‘Well, I’m back,’ he said

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Yellow, Fire, Light

  J. R. R. Tolkien (1980). “The Lord of the Rings: The return of the King”

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• I blame and credit my brothers for my competitive fire within me. Growing up, I lost at everything! My brothers are quite a bit older - 10 years and 5 years - so it was a challenge, but I have some of the most amazing memories with my big brothers.

  Jennie Finch

  Brother, Growing Up, Memories

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