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Ayn Rand

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Quotes by Ayn Rand

"Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. It will give you the means for the satisfaction of your desires, but it will not provide you with desires."

- Ayn Rand

Awareness

"There is no affirmation without the one who affirms. In this sense, everything to which you grant your love is yours."

- Ayn Rand

Belief

"Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one’s values."

- Ayn Rand

Happiness

"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

Happiness

"Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked. If a dictatorship ever comes to this country, it will be by the fault of those who keep silent. We are still free enough to speak. Do we have time? No one can tell."

- Ayn Rand

Courage

"Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours."

- Ayn Rand

Motivation

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

- Ayn Rand

Creativity

"The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me?"

- Ayn Rand

Resilience

"The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

Leadership

"Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness."

- Ayn Rand

Self-esteem

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

- Ayn Rand

Self-esteem

"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me"

- Ayn Rand

Self-confidence

""When I die, I hope to go to heaven, whatever the hell that is.""

- Ayn Rand

Faith

"Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him and only him (through his reasoning mind) to decide which he wants to be."

- Ayn Rand

Belief in Self

"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."

- Ayn Rand

Belief in Self

"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

Empowerment

"The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

Ambition

"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

Ambition

"The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

Ambition

"The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

Ambition

"The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who is going to stop me?"

- Ayn Rand

Ambition

"The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

Ambition

"The question isn't who is going to let me; it is who is going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

Ambition

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

- Ayn Rand

Ambition

""The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.""

- Ayn Rand

Ambition

"The question isn’t who is going to let me. It’s who is going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

Ambition

"The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity."

- Ayn Rand

Ambition

"The world you desire can be won. It exists... it is real... it is possible... it’s yours."

- Ayn Rand

Vision

"Words are a lens to focus one’s mind."

- Ayn Rand

Focus

"The question isn't who's going to let me, it's who's going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

Determination

"The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

Determination

""The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.""

- Ayn Rand

Determination

"The question isn't who is going to let me, it's who is going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

Determination

"The question isn't who is going to let me. It's who is going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

Determination

"The question isn't who is going to let me — it's who is going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

Determination

"The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me?"

- Ayn Rand

Boldness

"“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”"

- Ayn Rand

Boldness

"The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who's going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

Boldness

"You call that freedom? To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing."

- Ayn Rand

Independence

"Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver."

- Ayn Rand

Well-being

"Let me give you a tip on a clue to men's characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonourably; the man who respects it has earned it. 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

Morality

"I don’t build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build."

- Ayn Rand

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