You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.
I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.
To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.
Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.
I've done my best to work from a place of humility - always looking over your shoulder saying, 'Does this suck?' and I think that's a good way to work. The other way to work is where you start to think, 'I'm on fire, I'm amazing!' and I don't think that's the way to work.
What is to give light must endure burning.
In order to succeed... you have to put a stake in the ground.
I'd like to be able to light the fire a little bit.
One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.
The best way to fire somebody is to compassionately fire them.