Ayn Rand Quotes



        “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

       “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

        “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

       “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

       “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

       “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

        “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

        “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

       “Within the extent of your knowledge, you are right.” 
- Ayn Rand

        “Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.” 
- Ayn Rand

        “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


       “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

       “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

        “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

        “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

         “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

         “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

         “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

        “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

        “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

       “Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.” 
- Ayn Rand

        “Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.” 
- Ayn Rand