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.

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.

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.

No man can use his brain to think for another.

When the common good of a society is regarded as something apart from and superior to the individual good of its members, it means that the good of some men takes precedence over the good of others, with those others consigned to the status of sacrificial animals.

Get the hell out of my way!