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Success Quotes by Ayn Rand

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A proud man seeks a partner who matches his highest values and strength. Rand’s observations point out that talent alone is not enough; luck and effort must work together, and that true self‑esteem comes from one’s own power to think. Happiness is described as the feeling that follows personal achievement.

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To achieve, you need thought

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I don’t approve of religion.

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To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.

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

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“Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's value.”

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

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“The sight of an achievement was the greatest gift a human being could offer to others.”

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

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

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Every form of happiness if one, every desire is driven by the same motor--by our love for a single value, for the…

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“Life is achievement…Give yourself an aim, something you want to do, then go after it, breaking through everything, with nothing in mind…

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“You are so lost to your higher self that you would resent me for my achievements, rather than celebrate them with me,…

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My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of…

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I refuse to apologize for my ability -- I refuse to apologize for my success -- I refuse to apologize for my…

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It is easier to donate a few thousand to charity and think oneself noble than to base self-respect on personal standards of…

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Talent alone is helpless today. Any success requires both talent and luck. And the 'luck' has to be helped along and provided…

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A culture is not the anonymous product of undifferentiate d masses, but the sum of the intellectual achievements of individual men.

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Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live-that productive work is the process by…

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Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think. It cannot be replaced by one's power to deceive. The self-confidence of a scientist…

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Capitalism demands the best of every man - his rationality - and rewards him accordingly. It leaves every man free to choose…

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Needless to say, under either system [socialism or fascism], the inequalities of income and standard of living are greater than anything possible…

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Creation comes before distribution - or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the need of…

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Since a rational man's ambition is unlimited, since his pursuit and achievement of values is a lifelong process - and the higher…

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“Let anyone who believes that a high standard of living is the achievement of labor unions and government controls ask himself the…

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You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for…

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

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“When we gaze at the magnificence of an ancient monument and ascribe its achievement to one man, we are guilty of spiritual…

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“The month behind her had gone, leaving nothing but the blank of dead time. It had gone into the planless, thankless work…

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“Every achievement of man is a value in itself, but it is also a stepping-stone to greater achievements and values. Life is…

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“Those touchy mediocrities who sit trembling lest someone's work prove greater than their own - they have no inkling of the loneliness…

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“Do you know the hallmark of a second rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement. Those touchy mediocrities who sit trembling lest…

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“Here’s another. Kill man’s sense of values. Kill his capacity to recognise greatness or to achieve it. Great men can’t be ruled.…

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Look around you and look at history. You will see the achievements of man’s mind. You will see man’s unlimited potentiality for…

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every man is free to rise as far as he's able or willing, but the degree to which he thinks determines the…

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The men of the press, who despised their own profession, did not know why they were enjoying it today. One of them,…

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Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope…

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Since a rational man's ambition is unlimited, since his pursuit and achievement of values is a life-long process — and the higher…

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Those touchy mediocrities who sit trembling lest someone's work prove greater than their own - they have no inkling of the loneliness…

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Just as there is no such thing as a collective or racial mind, so there is no such thing as a collective…

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Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the…

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This miracle of me is mine to own and keep, and mine to guard, and mine to use, and mine to kneel before.

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Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to…

“We are fornicating in the sight of six billion people.”

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Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long…

Have you felt it too? Have you seen how your best friends love everything about you- except the things that count? And your most…

Every coercive monopoly was created by government intervention into the economy: by special privileges, such as franchises or subsidies, which closed the entry of…

We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be willing to skin humanity to prove it.