Spark Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old spark quotes, spark sayings, and spark proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience. George Washington
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. Victor Hugo
A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark. Dante Alighieri
A spark is a little thing, yet it may kindle the world. Martin Farquhar Tupper
Imagination is the spark that ignites the fire of creativity.  Richard L. Peterson
Darkness, no matter how powerful it may seem, can be driven back by the tiniest spark. Brian Rathbone
Life is a spark between two identical voids, the darkness before birth and the one after death. Irvin D. Yalom
The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork. Igor Sikorsky
The difference between passion and addiction is that between a divine spark and a flame that incinerates. Gabor Mate
All of us contain a divine, expressive spark, a creative candle intended to light our path and that of our fellows. Julia Cameron
The proper work of man, the grand drift of human life, is to follow reason, that noble spark kindled in us from heaven. Isaac Barrow
He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face. Benjamin Franklin
Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. Samuel Johnson
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. Golda Meir
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks. Johann Gottfried Herder
Wisdom is a blaze, kindled by a leaping spark. Plato
A single word even may be a spark of inextinguishable thought. Percy Bysshe Shelley
A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration. Quintus Curtius Rufus
Changing the world doesn't happen all at once. It isn't a big bang. It's an evolution, the sum of a billion tiny sparks. And some of those sparks will have to come from you. Katie Couric
The spark of liberty in the mind and spirit of man cannot be long extinguished; it will break into flames that will destroy every coercion which seems to limit it. Herbert Hoover
Decision is the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made nothing happens. Wilferd Peterson
The lightning spark of thought generated in the solitary mind awakens its likeness in another mind. Thomas Carlyle
There is a spark of idealism within every individual which can be fanned into flame and bring forth extraordinary results. Louis D. Brandeis
Motivation is the spark that lights the fire of knowledge and fuels the engine of accomplishment, it maximizes and maintains momentum. Zig Ziglar
While in the process of executing an idea, creativity happens not with one brilliant flash but in a chain reaction of many tiny sparks. R. Keith Sawyer
When sparks fly, some truly great ideas come to light. David Heinemeier Hansson
There is within each of us a divine spark of greatness. Who knows of what we are capable if we only try? Joseph B. Wirthlin
Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is just fine as long as its contained. Robert Ludlum
Each of us carries a unique spark of the divine, and each of us is also an inseparable part of the web of life. Viktor E. Frankl
A man without passion is only a latent force, only a possibility, like a stone waiting for the blow from the iron to give forth sparks. Henri Frederic Amiel