Catch on fire and people will come for miles to see you burn.
Interpretation
Embrace your passions and convictions, as they attract attention and inspire others.
This quote by John Wesley suggests that when one is deeply passionate about something, their enthusiasm can draw others in, much like a fire captures the gaze of those nearby. It implies that the intensity of one's spirit and dedication serves as a beacon, motivating others to take notice and often to support or engage with that passion, regardless of its nature.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing one's dreams and passions.
I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic community in which each person can be unleashed through the empowerment of the Spirit to fulfill God's creational intentions.
I plainly felt that, had God given me such a retirement with the companion I desired, I should have forgotten the work for which I was born and have set up my rest in this world.
I asked long ago,'What must I do to be saved?' The Scripture answered, 'Keep the commandments, believe, hope, love.' I was early warned against laying, as the Papists do, too much stress on outward works, or on a faith without works, which as it does not include, so it will never lead to true hope or charity.
Prayer is where the action is.
I saw that giving even all my life to God (supposing it possible to do this and go no further) would profit me nothing unless I gave my heart, yea, all my heart, to Him.
In using all means, seek God alone. In and through every outward thing, look only to the power of His Spirit, and the merits of His Son. Beware you do not get stuck in the work itself; if you do, it is all lost labor. Nothing short of God can satisfy your soul. Therefore, fix on Him in all, through all, and above all...Remember also to use all means as means-as ordained, not for their own sake.
Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write.
I was transformed by picking up a pair of binoculars and looking up, and that's hard to do for a city kid because when you look up you just see buildings - and really, your first thought is to look in people's windows. So to look out of the space - out of living space - and look up to the sky, binoculars go far, literally and figuratively.
A Warrior knows that a great dream is made up of many different things, just as the light from the sun is the sum of its millions of rays.
Whoopi Goldberg looked like me, she had hair like mine, she was dark like me. I'd been starved for images of myself. I'd grown up watching a lot of American TV. There was very little Kenyan material, because we had an autocratic ruler who stifled our creative expression.
I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.
Never underestimate the power of intrinsic values. They inspire every struggle for a better world.
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