Extinguishes Fire Quotes & Sayings

If you remain calm in the midst of great chaos, it is the surest guarantee the it will eventually subside — Julie Andrews Edwards

Wind feeds the fire, and wind extinguishes:
The flames are nourished by a gentle breeze,
Yet, if it stronger grows, they sink and die. — Ovid

No one thinks much about their ability to breathe; they just do it. It's when a person can't breathe, that they suddenly realize they'd been doing something truly marvelous all along. — Susan Meissner

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great. — Roger De Rabutin De Bussy

That's the thing about best friends. That's what they do. They keep you from spinning off the edge. — Lauren Oliver

Absence is to love as wind is to fire: it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big. — Umberto Eco

I am not Sabah. I am Rania. And I feel."
"Good. No more Sabah. Only Rania. — Jasinda Wilder

Water and petrol both come from the earth, and though they seem to be alike and even the same, they are in nature and purpose exact opposites, for the one extinguishes fire and the other adds fuel to it. So also the world and its treasures, the heart and its thirst for God are alike His creation. Now the result of the attempt to satisfy the heart with the wealth and pride and honours of this world is the same as if one tried to put out a fire with petrol, for the heart can only find ease and satisfaction in Him who created both it and the longing desire of which it is conscious. — Sadhu Sundar Singh

Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it. — Hannah More

Love lights more fire than hate extinguishes. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

What is the effect of unlimited coinage of silver in this country? and I invite your attention to this particularly, because it is a question of vital importance. — Richard Parks Bland

Though jealousy be produced by love, as ashes are by fire, yet jealousy extinguishes love as ashes smother the flame ... — Marguerite De Navarre

Wind extinguishes a candle and energizes fire. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

And yet it's there, we witnessed it being lit. And fires once lit have to burn until they spend themselves or someone extinguishes them, Anaxantis said, with some deep regret coating his voice. — Andrew Ashling

The same wind that extinguishes a light can set a brazier on fire. — Pierre Beaumarchais

And her joy was nearly like sorrow. — John Steinbeck

Only an empowered personality can distribute the holy name of the Lord and enjoin all fallen souls to worship Krishna. By distributing the holy name of the Lord, he cleanses the hearts of the most fallen people. Therefore he extinguishes the blazing fire of the material world. Not only that, he broadcasts the shining brightness of Krishna's effulgence throughout the world. Such an acarya, or spiritual master, should be considered nondifferent from Krishna that is, he should be considered the incarnation of Lord Krishna's potency. — Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

When we have to reply to anyone who has insulted us, we should be careful to do it always with gentleness. A soft answer extinguishes the fire of wrath. — Alphonsus Liguori

A pastor really needs to be broken before God every day, or he will break up the church of God with his willfulness or let it slip into spiritual death through his sloth. — C. John Miller

I wanted so much to keep you safe. I did my best. I'm sorry things didn't come out different for the two of us. I wish I could have been good enough for you. — Juliet Marillier

When you see a tumour in the brain, it's an ugly looking thing. It's kind of black, grisly and messy. Or it can be white. To see it taken away is just amazing. — James Nesbitt