Flame Quotes
778 quotes by 620 authors
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O gentle son, / Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper, sprinkle cool patience.
— William Shakespeare
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I do not believe that we can put into anyone ideas which are not in him already. As a rule there are in everyone all…
— Albert Schweitzer
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When roused to rage the maddening populace storms, their fury, like a rolling flame, bursts forth unquenchable; but give its violence ways, it spends itself,…
— Euripides
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This is that eloquence the ancients represented as lightning, bearing down every opposer; this the power which has turned whole assemblies into astonishment, admiration and…
— Oliver Goldsmith
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Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A…
— Emma Lazarus
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It is an active flame that fliesFirst to the babies in the eyes.
— Robert Herrick
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Joy was a flame in me Too steady to destroy. Lithe as a bending reed, Loving the storm that sways her
— Sara Teasdale
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Spring was running in a thin green flame over the valley.
— Ellen Glasgow
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A man must go on a quest / to discover the sacred fire / in the sanctuary of his own belly / to ignite the…
— Sam Keen
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In tears I tossed my coin from Trevi's edge. A coin unsordid as a bond of love-- And, with the instinct of the homing dove,…
— Robert Underwood Johnson
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The sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper,/ set the clouds/ to one great roof of flame/ above the earth.
— Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
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But on one man's soul it hath broken, / A light that doth not depart; / And his look, or a word he hath spoken,…
— Arthur O'Shaughnessy
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I think people are intimidated by grilling .. maybe it's the flame, maybe it's the big grills, maybe they've had some bad childhood experiences ..…
— Bobby Flay
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Persistent distrust is the flame of deceit. Be as good as your word or be singed by the heat.
— Wes Fesler
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Who has not seen that feeling born of flame Crimson the cheek at mention of a name? The rapturous touch of some divine surpriseFlash deep…
— Abraham Coles
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It is one thing to touch a flame and know it is hot, but quite another to jump into that flame and be consumed by…
— Adyashanti
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Like a moth to a flame we become helpless to the beautiful ghosts that true love sheds.
— Ryan O'Neal
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God, on the other side of my table, composes His book whose smoke envelops me: for the flame of my candle is His pen.
— Edmond Jabes
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The spirit of the year, like bacchant crowned, With lighted torch goes careless on his way; And soon bursts into flame the maple's spray, And…
— Edith M. Thomas
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Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on wings of flame, And soars…
— Erasmus Darwin
Who Wrote These Flame Quotes
620 authors contributed a total of 778 Flame Quotes, led by these top contributors: