Ayn Rand Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Ayn Rand quotes, Ayn Rand sayings, and Ayn Rand proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

If you write a line of zeroes, it´s still nothing. Ayn Rand
Whenever anyone accuses some person of being unfeeling, he means that that person is just. Ayn Rand
Individualism regards man-every man-as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from his nature as a rational being. Ayn Rand
Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. Ayn Rand
Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone. Ayn Rand
Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong. Ayn Rand
Existence is Identity, consciousness is identification. Ayn Rand
We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. Ayn Rand
To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power. Ayn Rand
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. Ayn Rand
Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think. Ayn Rand
An irresponsible person is a person who makes vague promises, then breaks his word, blames it on circumstances and expects other people to forgive it. Ayn Rand
Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. Ayn Rand
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. Ayn Rand
The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. Ayn Rand
Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death. Ayn Rand
To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power. Ayn Rand
The age of the skyscraper is gone. This is the age of the housing project. Which is always a prelude to the age of the cave. Ayn Rand
You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand
The best, most natural dialogue is usually written as if the writer is listening to dictation. You might get stuck on any particular point and have to question yourself; but normally, dialogue writes itself. Ayn Rand
The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see. Ayn Rand
The moral cannibalism of all hedonist and altruist doctrines lies in the premise that the happiness of one man necessitates the injury of another. Ayn Rand
The fields are black and ploughed, and they lie like a great fan before us, with their furrows gathered in some hand beyond the sky, spreading forth from that hand, opening wide apart as they come toward us, like black pleats that sparkle with thin, green spangles. Ayn Rand
The cult of moral grayness is a revolt against moral values. Ayn Rand
Those who say theory and practice are two unrelated realms are fools in one and scoundrels in the other. Ayn Rand
The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity. Ayn Rand
Religion is a primitive form of philosophy, the attempt to offer a comprehensive view of reality. 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 man who respects it has earned it. Ayn Rand
When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion...th at in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing-you may know that your society is doomed. Ayn Rand
Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to himself. Ayn Rand