long lost quote #2

this quote was sent to me on a birthday several years ago by a dear friend who might need to be reminded of it himself at this point in his life.

the quote was something that i really needed to hear at the time and i remember printing it out and taping it to my bathroom mirror for years. the paper is a little watermarked from the sweat that would form on the mirror when i showered and the tape is still folded over to the back.

"at times like this in my life i'm reminded of what the desert for once said. (that would be erwin rommel, who was a tank general during the second world war). he said:

that in life, when confronted with two choices, choose the BOLDEST. it is quite easy to resist the temptation for glory. we never fall so low as when we aspire so high. but occasionally we win. we summit. we climax. we do achieve what we have set out to achieve.

life is painful. it is rejection. however, it is also triumph. and the victories belong always to the bold."

included at the end was my friend's own deep thought - " when it burns so intensely inside, that's when we should act. i believe, personally, that we should allow like to break us, because it always will, but we should never break or hinder ourselves."