Selected quotes · 21
№ 01
“The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.”
Ayn RandSuccess
№ 02
“To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'”
Ayn RandLove
№ 03
“To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.”
Ayn RandAction
№ 04
“Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.”
Ayn RandHappiness
№ 05
“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 RandFreedom
№ 06
“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 RandGrowth
№ 07
“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
Ayn RandCreativity
№ 08
“Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.”
Ayn RandFriendship
№ 09
“Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.”
Ayn RandHappiness
№ 10
“I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.”
Ayn RandWisdom
№ 11
“If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”
Ayn RandTime
№ 12
“Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.”
Ayn RandWisdom
№ 13
“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.”
Ayn RandFreedom
№ 14
“A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.”
Ayn RandWisdom
№ 15
“I could die for you. But I couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you.”
Ayn RandLife
№ 16
“Live a life as a monument to your soul.”
Ayn RandFaith
№ 17
“The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.”
Ayn RandCreativity
№ 18
“Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.”
Ayn RandLife
№ 19
“The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.”
Ayn RandJustice
№ 20
“So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?”
Ayn RandMindset
№ 21
“We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.”
Ayn RandFreedom