My pride and my power of vision were all that I owned when I started -…

Ayn Rand
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My pride and my power of vision were all that I owned when I started - and whatever I achieved, was achieved by means of them. Both are greater now. Now I have the knowledge of the superlative value I had missed: of my right to be proud of my vision. The rest is mine to reach. ✨ Ayn Rand (2016). Atlas Shrugged, p.657, Hamilton Books
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