Do not let your fire go out
"Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours."
AYN RAND
7 comments
Oct 17, 2009
tony_ramirez805 said...
This is the GREATEST quote I have Read! Man, I'm all pumped up and ready to go out and do something!!!
Oct 17, 2009
ThomasDimitri said...
Sounds like Obama. Just another hope speech. The fact that it came from Janus faced Ayn Rand, makes it all the less palettable.
Oct 17, 2009
thegaw said...
@ThomasDimitri: Wow. Don't take this the wrong way or anything, but you're kind of a dick.
Oct 17, 2009
Hans Gerwitz said...
Seriously. I don't like Ayn Rand or vapid chicken soup quotes, either, but as far as affirmations go this one is pretty good.Has your need to hate Obama turned you against hope?
Oct 17, 2009
Christopher Dowling said...
I tried applying some of Gladwell's criteria for success to Rand a little bit ago. Seems to me that the world you desire can be won, if you're incredibly lucky.http://christopherdowling.posterous.com/dressed-for-success-1
Oct 17, 2009
laurenarcher said...
"And I shambled after them as I have been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn burn burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..." -Jack Kerouac
Oct 18, 2009
Randall Todd said...
nice words, they caught me a at a good time. ThomasDimitri sounds a little hopeless right now, hope you're better soon.
