1. Fire that’s closest kept burns most of all.-William Shakespeare
2. Fire is the most tolerable third party.-Henry David Thoreau
3. Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together.-Proverb
4. As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.-William Shakespeare
5. Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.-Martha Graham
6. 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
7. The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them.-Chinese Proverb
8. Playing with fire is bad for those who burn themselves. For the rest of us, it is a very great pleasure.-Jerry Smith
9. Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head.-Proverb
10. One can enjoy a wood fire worthily only when he warms his thoughts by it as well as his hands and feet.-Odell Shepherd
11. What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.-Charles Bukowski
12. 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
13. Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy.-Proverb
14. The most tangible of all visible mysteries – fire.-Leigh Hunt
15. 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
16. 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
17. Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born.-George Bernard Shaw
18. A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.-Mae West
19. Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.-Mark Twain
20. Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in under cover.-St Frances De Sales
21. 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
22. Fire is never a gentle master-Proverb
23. Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.-Buddha
24. 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
25. Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.-Arnold Glascow