Fire is an element that has been greatly celebrated and feared throughout history, with everything from its destructive power to its creative potential inspiring a variety of responses. 97+ different quotes about the fire has been collected in this body of work, spanning a wide range of manifestations and interpretations.

Read through these quotes to get a better sense of our timeless fascination with this captivating source of energy, along with the lessons it can teach us about human nature.

97+ Quotes and Instagram Captions About Fire

1. Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames. – Rumi
2. The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. – Ferdinand Foch
3. What fire does not destroy, it hardens. – Oscar Wilde
4. Fire is a natural symbol of life and passion, though it is the one element in which nothing can actually live. – Susanne Katherina Langer
5. a small spark can start a great fire. – Emmet Fox
6. The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire. – Carl Jung
7. Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It’s our goal in life to find it and keep it. – Mary Lou Retton
8. Do not let your fire go out. – Ayn Rand
9. In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. – Albert Schweitzer
10. The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire. – Richard M. Nixon
11. The fires of suffering become the light of consciousness. – Eckhart Tolle
12. Catch fire, do something, get excited by finding your purpose in life. – Steve Harvey
13. To love is to burn, to be on fire. – Jane Austen
14. A spark neglected makes a mighty fire. – Robert Herrick
15. The most tangible of all visible mysteries – fire. – Leigh Hunt
16. Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born. – George Bernard Shaw
17. What fire does not destroy, it hardens. – Oscar Wilde
18. Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. – Martha Graham
19. Fire is never a gentle master. – Proverb
20. Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. – Budha
21. Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. – Arnold Glascow
22. In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. – Albert Schweitzer
23. Everyone has the fire, but the champions know when to ignite the spark. – Amit Ray
24. The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire. – Carl Jung.
25. The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess. – Christian Nestell Bovee
26. The hero and the coward both feel exactly the same fear, only the hero confronts his fear and converts it into the fire. – Cus D’amato
27. The fires of suffering become the light of consciousness. – Eckhart Tolle
28. The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. – Ferdinand Foch
29. Genius is talent set on fire by courage. – Henry Van Dyke
30. To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life. – Pablo Neruda
31. The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire. – Carl Jung
32. The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns you more than them. – Chinese Proverb
33. Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in undercover. – St Frances De Sales
34. Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can’t strike them all by ourselves. – Laura Esquivel
35. Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. – Martha Graham
36. I survived because the fire inside burned brighter than the fire around me. I fell down into that dark chasm, but the flame burned on and on. – Joshua Graham
37. When the heart is a fire, some sparks will fly out of the mouth. – Thomas Fuller
38. It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters. – Aesop
39. Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow. – Helen Keller
40. Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn. – Delmore Schwartz
41. The fires of suffering become the light of consciousness. – Eckhart Tolle
42. Wise anger is like fire from the flint; there is a great ado to bring it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately. – Matthew Henry
43. The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. – Plutarch
44. Tact is the art of building a fire under people without making their blood boil. – Franklin P. Jones
45. Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. – Buddha
46. Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help. – Jean-Michel Basquiat
47. Friends are like coals in a fire–together, they glow; apart, they grow cold. – C. S. Lewis
48. Your own property is concerned when your neighbor’s house is on fire. – Horace
49. You have to go through the fires to be tested by faith. – Lailah Gifty Akita
50. You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within. – Bob Nelson
51. You are obviously writing out of the experience and so the boundaries are always blurred, it is just that sometimes it would seem that you are playing with fire a little bit by choosing someone that obviously existed. – Robert Dessaix
52. Genius is talent set on fire by courage. – Henry Van Dyke
53. Fires all go out eventually. – Unknown
54. Fire, water, and the government know nothing of mercy. – Proverb
55. Fire that’s closest kept burns most of all. – William Shakespeare
56. Fire takes no holiday. – Unknown
57. Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. – Martha Graham
58. Fire is the most tolerable third party. – Henry David Thoreau
59. Fire is never a gentle master. – Proverb
60. Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. – Proverb
61. Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. – Proverb
62. Find your fire.
63. Figure out what lights your fire. Then chase the match.
64. Do not let your fire go out. – Ayn Rand
65. There were never butterflies, just fire. – Unknown
66. This is how the fire starts. This is how we burn. – Libba Bray
67. The foundation of all technology is fire. – Isaac Asimov
68. Seek what sets your soul on fire. – Unknown
69. Pressure creates diamonds. Fire refines gold.
70. A small spark can start a great fire. – Emmet Fox
71. A small match lights a big fire. – Matshona Dhliwayo
72. A spark neglected makes a mighty fire. – Robert Herrick
73. Every revolution begins with a spark.
74. I had so much fire in me and so many plans. – Claude Monet
75. Fire and pride cannot be hidden. – Proverb
76. The animals do not use fire; man does. At first, there was a pile of cold fat pine roots on the icy rock. A match was rubbed, fire elicited, and now this fire is the most emphatic and significant fact hereabouts. Fire slumbers never far off, and the friction of a match can awaken it. – Henry David Thoreau
77. Man is the animal that has made friends with the fire. – Henry Van Dyke
78. But there is one thing lacking in various animal dwellings, – a fireplace. Man is the only creature that dares to light a fire and live with it. The reason? Because he alone has learned how to put it out. – Henry Van Dyke
79. A wood fire on the hearth is a kindler of the domestic virtues. It brings in cheerfulness, a family center, and, besides, it is artistic. I should like to know if an artist could ever represent on canvas a happy family gathered around a hole in the floor called a register. – Charles Dudley Warner
80. Fire and water are good servants but bad masters. – Proverb
81. It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water; they are good servants, but bad masters. – Roger L’Estrange
82. Fire is the best of servants; but what a master! – Thomas Carlyle
83. Firelight will not let you read fine stories but it’s warm and you won’t see the dust on the floor. – Irish saying
84. When the fire is made, you want to sit in front of it and grow genial in its effulgence. I have never been upon a throne… but I have no idea that it compares, for pleasantness, with a seat before a wood fire. A whole leisure day before you, a good novel in hand, and the backlog only just beginning to kindle, with uncounted hours of comfort in it, – has life anything more delicious? – Charles Dudley Warner
85. And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. – Edgar Allan Poe
86. In the circle of the hearth, everything is good, but reminiscences are best of all. I sometimes think all life is valuable merely as an opportunity to accumulate reminiscences, and I am sure that the precious horde can be seen to best advantage by firelight. Then is the time for the miser to spread out his treasure and admire it. – Elisabeth Woodbridge
87. Fire is love and water is sorrow. – Proverb
88. One can enjoy a wood fire worthily only when he warms his thoughts with it as well as his hands and feet. – Odell Shepard
89. Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. – Proverb
90. A fire that’s closest kept burns most of all. – William Shakespeare
91. If you play with fire, you’re gonna get burned. – Bam Bam Bigelow
92. This is how the fire starts. This is how we burn. – Libba Bray
93. Keep a little fire burning; however small, however, hidden. – Cormac McCarthy
94. The sacred fire is faith. – Lailah Gifty Akita
95. 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
96. I am building a fire, and every day I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match. – Mia Hamm
97. Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. – Martha Graham
98. The time has come to turn your heart into a temple of fire. Your essence is gold hidden in dust. To reveal its splendor you need to burn in the fire of love. – Rumi
99. Ready, fire, aim. Do it! Make it happen! Action counts. No one ever sat their way to success. – Tom Peters

In conclusion, the many quotes about the fire show us just how powerful and profound this naturally occurring phenomenon can be.

Fire can spark transformation and renewal in our lives, but it can also lead to destruction and chaos.

But ultimately, fire is life-giving, both literally through warmth, light, and cooking capabilities as well as metaphorically through creative inspiration.

Fire is a symbol of passion and determination, strength and courage; not only should we appreciate its properties, but learn from its example of recreating itself in order to live on.