“In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the mindless in those who have never achieved his title. Do not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent mind and a step that travels unlimited roads. 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's yours.”

Ayn Rand quotes (Russian born American Writer and Novelist, 1905-1982)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love that quote! Do you know if its from one of her books, and which?

Ande Truman said...

Oh I'm not sure- I've actually never heard of her before. I just ran across it online, but I might have to look her up now!

Anonymous said...

Same for me :) Thinking about reading something of her

Thanks anyway!