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“The man who does not value himself,
cannot value anything or anyone.”
- Ayn Rand |
“The question isn't who is going to
let me; it's who is going to stop me.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“I could die for you. But I couldn't,
and wouldn't, live for you.”
- Ayn Rand |
“A creative man is motivated by the
desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“To say "I love you" one
must know first how to say the "I".”
- Ayn Rand |
“Learn to value yourself, which
means: fight for your happiness.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“You can avoid reality, but you cannot
avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.”
- Ayn Rand |
“The truth is not for all men but only
for those who seek it.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“My happiness is not the means to any
end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.”
- Ayn Rand |
“Money is only a tool. It will take
you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“Never think of pain or danger or
enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.”
- Ayn Rand |
“It is not death that we wish to
avoid, but life that we wish to live.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“If it's worth doing, it's worth
overdoing.”
- Ayn Rand |
“Self respect is something that can't
be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man's pretense at it.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“You have been the one encounter in
my life that can never be repeated”
- Ayn Rand |
“For the first time since her return,
she felt pain, a violent pain, but it made her feel alive, because it was
worth feeling.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“Within the extent of your knowledge,
you are right.”
- Ayn Rand |
“Achieving life is not the equivalent
of avoiding death.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“The most depraved type of human
being ... (is) the man without a purpose.”
- Ayn Rand |
“One loses everything when one loses
one's sense of humor.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“If you don't know, the thing to do is
not to get scared, but to learn.”
- Ayn Rand |
“The hardest thing to explain is the
glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“She did not know the nature of her
loneliness. The only words that named it were: This is not the world I
expected.”
- Ayn Rand |
“The purpose of morality is to teach
you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“When I die I hope to go to
heaven--whatever that is--and I want to be able to afford the price of
admission.”
- Ayn Rand |
“Money will not purchase happiness
for the man who has no concept of what he wants.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“But why should you care what people
will say? All you have to do is please yourself.”
- Ayn Rand |
“In a free society, one does not have
to deal with those who are irrational. One is free to avoid them.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“When I disagree with a rational
man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I
am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.”
- Ayn Rand |
“It was the greatest sensation of
existence: not to trust but to know.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“Patience is always rewarded and
romance is always round the corner!”
- Ayn Rand |
“I don't wish to be the symbol of
anything. I'm only myself.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“Live and act within the limit of
your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life.”
- Ayn Rand |
“Don't think. Believe. Trust your
heart, not your brain. Don't think. Feel. Believe.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“There is no such thing as a lousy
job - only lousy men who don't care to do it.”
- Ayn Rand |
“Civilization is the process of
setting man free from men.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“If one's actions are honest, one
does not need the predated confidence of others.”
- Ayn Rand |
“I came here to say that I do not
recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life.”
- Ayn Rand |
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“Integrity is the ability to stand by
an idea.”
- Ayn Rand |
“Anyone who fights for the future, lives
in it today.”
- Ayn Rand |