I had the pleasure of watching Ayn Rand’s the fountainhead over the weekend… Truely inspiring…
Thousands of years ago, the first man discovered how to make fire. He was probably burned at the stake he had taught his brothers to light, but he left them a gift they had not conceived, and he lifted darkness off the earth.
Throughout the centuries, there were men who took first steps down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.
The great creators — the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors — stood alone against the men of their time. Every new thought was opposed; every new invention was denounced. But the men of unborrowed vision went ahead. They fought, they suffered, and they paid. But they won.
No creator was prompted by a desire to please his brothers. His brothers hated the gift he offered.
His truth was his only motive. His work was his only goal.
His work — not those who used it.
His creation — not the benefits others derived from it — the creation which gave form to his truth.
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Are you prepared to upset your fellow man to overcome mediocrity and to do something remarkable?
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