“A man must go on a quest / to discover the sacred fire / in the sanctuary of his own belly / to ignite the flame in his heart / to fuel the blaze in the hearth / to rekindle his ardor for the earth” MenHeartEarthFireGoes OnSacredBurningFlamesFuelQuestsBellySanctuaryIgniteArdorSacred Fire Book:Fire in the belly: on being a man Source: Fire in the belly: on being a man
“Ambition is the desire to go forward and improve one's condition. It is a burning flame that lights up the life of the individual and makes him see himself in another state. To be ambitious is to be great in mind and soul. To want that which is worth while and strive for it. To go on without looking back, reaching to that which gives satisfaction.” WantGivingMindSoulStatesLightDesireIndividualConditionsGoes OnAmbitionStriveSatisfactionBurningFlamesReachingAmbitiousLooking BackLight Up Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
“It is useless to check the vain dunce who has caught the mania of scribbling, whether prose or poetry, canzonets or criticisms,--let such a one go on till the disease exhausts itself. Opposition like water, thrown on burning oil, but increases the evil, because a person of weak judgment will seldom listen to reason, but become obstinate under reproof.” PersonsReasonEvilWaterGoes OnDiseaseJudgmentCriticismWeakIncreaseCaughtOilChecksBurningUselessVainProseOppositionThrownManiaObstinateDuncesReproof Author:Sarah Josepha Hale
“When you go on an extreme diet, your body's self-preservation mechanism responds by burning calories as slowly as possible. Of course, that makes it much more difficult to lose weight.” SelfBodyCoursesDifficultLosesGoes OnWeightExtremesYour BodyBurningDietsMechanismPreservationCaloriesSelf PreservationLose Weight Author:Tony Robbins
“I asked a girl who came from America to England, when I was only English, and she admitted she had been to a drama school. And I said, "What did they teach you?" And she said, "They taught me to be a candle burning in an empty room." I'm happy to say she was laughing while she said it, but she meant it. I've never learned to be a candle burning in an empty room. So I go on the screen, and I say whatever I'm told to say.” SaidSchoolAmericaGirlRoomsTeachLaughingTaughtGoes OnDramaEmptyEnglandScreensBurningCandleEmpty RoomsCandles Burning Author:Quentin Crisp
“We the mortals touch the metals, the wind, the ocean shores, the stones, knowing they will go on, inert or burning, and I was discovering, naming all the these things: it was my destiny to love and say goodbye.” DestinyKnowingWindGoes OnOceanStonesMortalsBurningGoodbyeShoreMetalsDiscoveringSaying GoodbyeMy Destiny Book:Still Another Day Source: Still Another Day