"Kill reverence and you've killed the hero in…" — Ayn Rand

"Kill reverence and you've killed the hero in man."

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838 Quotes by Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand has 838 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

You must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love…
The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to…
I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals.
Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea…
Creation comes before distribution - or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the…
The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
If you tell an ugly woman that she is beautiful, you offer her the great homage of corrupting the concept…
Even if smog were a risk to human life, we must remember that life in nature, without technology, is wholesale…
Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing.
This is the age othe common man, they tell us-a title which any man may claim to the extent osuch…
Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in the person of another. One…
Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to…

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More Hero Quotes

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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but… — Arthur Ashe
Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome. — Margaret Atwood
I'm bad at picking heroes. — Margaret Atwood
No hero is mortal till he dies. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Clint Eastwood has always been a hero. — Kevin Bacon
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. — Abigail Adams
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. — John Barth
As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long… — John Adams
Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's… — Joe Barton
Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi… — Jean-Michel Basquiat
What is a society without a heroic dimension? — Jean Baudrillard
Heroes don't wear diapers. It's just not cool. — Felix Baumgartner

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