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Best Value Quotes by Ayn Rand
- Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man's values, it has to be earned.
- The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
- It is not advisable to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.
- So you think that money is the root of all evil? [...] Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a…
- There's nothing of any importance in life - except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will come from…
- I cannot project the degree of hatred required to make those women run around in crusades against abortion. Hatred is what they certainly project, not…
- Economic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power is exercised by…
- Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man's independence, initiative and personal love for his work determines…
- A man's sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.... He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his…
- I love you. As the same value, as the same expression, with the same pride and the same meaning as I love my work, my…
- Life is a value to be bought and thinking is the only coin noble enough to buy it.
- When you are asked to love everybody indiscriminately, that is to love people without any standard, to love them regardless of whether they have any…
- You have no choice about your capacity to feel that something is good for you or evil, but what you will consider good or evil,…
- To love is to value. Only a rationally selfish man, a man of self esteem, is capable of love - because he is the only…
- Fight for the value of your person. Fight for the virtue of your pride. Fight for the essence of that which is man: for his…
- Independence is the only gauge of human virtue and value. What a man is and makes of himself; not what he has or hasn’t done…
- Sacrifice is the surrender of that which you value in favor of which you dont
- Value is that which one acts to gain and/or keep. Virtue is the act by which one aims and/or keeps it.
More Value Quotes
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for,… — Thomas Arnold
- The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people… — Chester A. Arthur
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural… — David Attenborough
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of… — Teresa of Avila
- Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but… — Gamaliel Bailey
- I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives,… — Lucille Ball
- Passion is what adds so much value to life. And if you think about the things that you do, there's so much… — Mario Batali