Burns Quotes
538 quotes by 448 authors
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A generous friendship no cold medium knows, Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.
— Alexander Pope
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The best ammunition against lies is the truth, there is no ammunition against gossip. It is like a fog and the clear wind blows it…
— Ernest Hemingway
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Chlorine is a deadly poison gas employed on European battlefields in World War I. Sodium is a corrosive metal which burns upon contact with water.…
— Carl Sagan
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All religions are inconsistent with mental freedom. Shakespeare is my bible, Burns my hymn-book.
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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This life in us; however low it flickers or fiercely burns, is still a divine flame which no man dare presume to put out, be…
— Malcolm Muggeridge
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That was only the beginning - where one burns books, one will finally also burn people.
— Heinrich Heine
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The temple of fame stands upon the grave: the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of great men.
— William Hazlitt
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Make the land of Islam a burning fire that burns their faces and feet wherever they pass
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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At no point did the [Burns] committee conclude, or even attempt to conclude, an assessment of cruelty. Yet many bodies have erroneously quoted the Burns…
— Unknown Author
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The noble Lord, Lord Harrison, said, 'Fox hunting is cruel and I therefore want it banned.' He went on to discuss the option of controlling…
— Unknown Author
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Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame Blessed is the flame that burns in the secret fastness of the heart
— Hannah Szenes
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That which once was, will be no more. Yesterday will never come again. To-day is passing, and will not return. You may work while it…
— Richard Baxter
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Spirit filled souls are ablaze for God. They love with a love that glows. They serve with a faith that kindles. They serve with a…
— Samuel Chadwick
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I love you so much that it feels like the universe will explode, for as long as it takes for the oceans to dry up,…
— Youngjae
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Our God...is a consuming fire. And if we, by love, become transformed into Him and burn as He burns, His fire will be our everlasting…
— Thomas Merton
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False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because…
— Cesare Beccaria
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How many gifts and graces You have given me! How many favors You have fed me from your hand! I look for your love in…
— Rabia Basri
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...I seem to want the things I can't have. Occasionally, when something is finally attainable, the chase appears to be over and the fire burns…
— John O'Callaghan
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To be successful, a man must exert an effective influence upon his brothers and upon his associates, and the degree in which he accomplishes this…
— Vince Lombardi
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Once your awareness becomes a flame, it burns up the whole slavery that the mind has created.
— Rajneesh
Who Wrote These Burns Quotes
448 authors contributed a total of 538 Burns Quotes, led by these top contributors: