Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Rage, rage against the dying light.
The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
The principle was, death should not be entered like some snug harbor. It should be an unambiguous refusal to surrender.
The resistance to praying is like the resistance of tightly clenched fists. This image shows a tension, a desire to cling tightly to yourself, a greediness which betrays fear.
I had no taste for defeat - much less victory - without a fight.
Among the events of John McCain's five-and-a-half years of imprisonment and torture in North Vietnam, probably the most heroic, and surely the most celebrated, was his refusal to accept an early release from his captors.
I shan't ever understand your willingness to lie down and die," Felicity bars. "If you won't at least try to fight, I have no sympathy for you.
Nothing in the world is as fearsome as a bloody, battered opponent who will never surrender.
We will fight in every valley, in every street, in every oasis, and every town. We won't surrender again; we are not women; we will keep fighting.
Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.
