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.'

The attack on "selfishness" is an attack on man's self-esteem; to surrender one, is to surrender the other. Ayn Rand
The mark of an honest man... is that he means what he says and knows what he means. Ayn Rand
Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future. Ayn Rand
Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness. Ayn Rand
Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea. Ayn Rand
Only a man of integrity can possess the virtue of honesty, since only the faking of one’s consciousness can permit the faking of existence. Ayn Rand
Integrity is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake your consciousness, just as honesty is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake existence. Ayn Rand
Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think. Ayn Rand
A genius is a genius, regardless of the number of morons who belong to the same race and a moron is a moron, regardless of the number of geniuses who share his racial origin. 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
Sacrifice does not mean the rejection of the worthless, but of the precious. Ayn Rand
If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others. Ayn Rand
Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values. No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy. Ayn Rand
Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness. Ayn Rand
The people who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently; they are most helplessly in its power. Ayn Rand
I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York's skyline. Ayn Rand
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 value or virtue, you are asked to love nobody. Ayn Rand
Thinking men cannot be ruled; ambitious men do not stagnate. Ayn Rand
Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason. Ayn Rand
Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution. The only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off. Ayn Rand
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. Ayn Rand
Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good motive. Neither power lust nor stupidity are good motives. Ayn Rand
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it. Ayn Rand
Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. Ayn Rand
To be the kind of writer you want to be, you must first be the kind of thinker you want to be. Ayn Rand
The question isn't who is going to let me it's who is going to stop me. Ayn Rand
There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism - by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide. Ayn Rand
If life could have a theme song—and I believe every worthwhile one has—mine is a religion, an obsession, a mania, or all of these expressed in one word—individualism. I was born with that obsession, and I've never seen and do not know now a cause more worthy, more misunderstood, more seemingly hopeless, and tragically needed. Ayn Rand
I take no pride in hopeless longing; I wouldn't hold a stillborn aspiration. I'd want to have it, to make it, to live it. Ayn Rand