Giving Quotes by Ayn Rand

“Virtue is the giving of undeserved.”

— Ayn Rand

Man cannot demand that others give up their lives to make him happy.

— Ayn Rand

Don't ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.

— Ayn Rand

She started off, walking fast, as if the speed of her steps could give form to the things she felt.

— Ayn Rand

I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York's skyline.

— Ayn Rand

If he can give his readers no reason why they should read his book, except that the events happened to him, it…

— Ayn Rand

What do I "think" of President Reagan? The best answer to give would be: I don't think of him. And the more…

— Ayn Rand

Show me your achievement, and the knowledge will give me courage for mine.

— Ayn Rand

People said it because other people said it. They did not know why it was being said and heard everywhere. they did…

— Ayn Rand

Let me give you a tip on a clue to men's characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the…

— Ayn Rand

I loathe your ideals because I know no worse injustice than the giving of the undeserved.

— Ayn Rand

Don't help me or serve me, but let me see it once, because I need it. Don't work for my happiness, my…

— Ayn Rand

The writer who develops a beautiful style, but has nothing to say, represents a kind of arrested esthetic development; he is like…

— Ayn Rand

I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York's skyline. Particularly when one can't see the…

— Ayn Rand

Roark smiled, "Gail, if this boat were sinking, I'd give my life to save you. Not because it's any kind of duty.…

— Ayn Rand

I say that man is entitled to his own happiness and that he must achieve it himself. But that he cannot demand…

— Ayn Rand

You have no choice about your capacity to feel that something is good for you or evil, but what you will consider…

— Ayn Rand

The symbol of all relationships among such men, the moral symbol of respect for human beings, is the trader. We, who live…

— Ayn Rand

Even in dialogue, your own style rules your selection. Do not give yourself a blank check of this kind: 'I'll merely reproduce…

— Ayn Rand

“Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life. Redeem your mind…

— Ayn Rand

People don't want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think. But by some sort…

— Ayn Rand

The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way. One says:…

— Ayn Rand

You're not sorry. You could've been here if you made the effort. But when did you ever make an effort for anybody…

— Ayn Rand

When it is established that government by right can take wealth from some and give it to others. When a society establishes…

— Ayn Rand

If you surrender everything to the government and give it total power to plan the whole economy, this will not guarantee your…

— Ayn Rand

Rationalization is a cover-up, a process of providing one's emotions with a false identity, of giving them spurious explanations and justifications -…

— Ayn Rand

Our dearest one. Fear nothing of the forest. There is no danger in solitude. We have no need of our brothers. Let…

— Ayn Rand

Can you sacrifice a few? When those few are the best? Deny the best its right to the top--and you have no…

— Ayn Rand

Who was it that said he needed a fulcrum? Give me an unobstructed right-of-way and I'll show them how to move the…

— Ayn Rand

Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of…

— Ayn Rand

Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is…

— Ayn Rand

A man doesn't borrow pieces of his body. A building doesn't borrow hunks of its soul. Its maker gives it the soul…

— Ayn Rand

If you agree with some tenets of Objectivism, but disagree with others, do not call yourself an Objectivist; give proper authorship credit…

— Ayn Rand

You'll get everything society can give a man. You'll keep all the money. You'll take any fame or honor anyone might want…

— Ayn Rand

Don't help me or serve me, but let me see it once, because I need it. Don't work for my happiness, my…

— Ayn Rand

When I listen to a symphony I love, I don't get from it what the composer got. His 'Yes' was different from…

— Ayn Rand

It does not matter that only a few in each generation will grasp and achieve the full reality of man's proper stature-and…

— Ayn Rand

Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday. In spite of its religious form (giving thanks to God for a good harvest), its essential,…

— Ayn Rand

If that's the price of getting together, then I'll be damned if I want to live on the same earth with any…

— Ayn Rand

You still love me - even if there's one expression of it that you will always feel and want, but will not…

— Ayn Rand