Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values. Ayn Rand on life
I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. Ayn Rand on life
Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter. Ayn Rand on life
To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.' Ayn Rand on love
Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another. Ayn Rand on love
I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. Ayn Rand on love
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Ayn Rand on men
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. Ayn Rand on men
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it. Ayn Rand on men
If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject. Ayn Rand on men
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision. Ayn Rand on men
Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason. Ayn Rand on men
Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. Ayn Rand on money
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money? Ayn Rand on money
Money is the barometer of a society's virtue. Ayn Rand on money
Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter. Ayn Rand on money
Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason. Ayn Rand on money
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. Ayn Rand on motivational
Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice. Ayn Rand on power
To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power. Ayn Rand on power