Ayn Rand Quotes

The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind. Such a man is not malleable; he may be mistaken, he may be fooled in a given instance, but he is inflexible in regard to the absolutism of reality, i.e., in seeking and demanding truth.

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

In order to be in control of your life, you have to have a purpose-a productive purpose.

Do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It’s resentment of another man’s achievement.

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.

You must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the secondary consequences.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

Serenity comes from the ability to say Yes to existence. Courage comes from the ability to say No to the wrong choices made by others.

Self-esteem is reliance on one’s power to think… The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind.

No man can use his brain to think for another.

While, politically, a mixed economy preserves the semblance of an organized society with a semblance of law and order, economically it is the equivalent of the chaos that had ruled China for centuries: a chaos of robber gangs looting-and draining-the productive elements of the country.

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.