Like Fire

“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.” | George Washington

“When there’s nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire.” | The Stars, “Your Ex-Lover Is Dead”

Light The Fire Within | Motto for the 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah

“Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire.” | Robert Frost, “Fire and Ice”

“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

“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great.” | Christopher Marlowe

“Genius is initiative on fire.” | Holbrook Jackson

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In my world, fire equals passion.

If you’ve ever had something in your life that excited you to the point of tears, a feeling in your heart that burns whenever you’re involved with that thing in some way, you have passion. If you have a voice inside that will not let you stop before you reach your goal, you too have passion. Nothing great was ever achieved without it. So, in a few words, passion equals greatness. Given that passion equals greatness, fire also equals greatness. Therefore, to be great, you must have fire.

If you believe that you don’t have passion, you are wrong. Every single person on this earth has something that rocks their world. It may not be tangible; it may not be something that you’ve ever been in contact with. The fire may be dormant, but it’s still there and it speaks to you.

Most importantly, all these wonderful things that we are passionate about are waiting for you, for me, for everyone. There is endless power in the heat of the fire, and as it rages, you are unstoppable. Believe in your passions, for they fuel the world.

That’s my belief.