“When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized.”
Learning
“The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.”
BestAll Quotes by Ayn Rand
“If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.”
Men“The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”
Government“Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.”
Death“Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.”
Alone“The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.”
Best“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.”
Men“Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.”
Happiness“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.”
Business“To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'”
Love“Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another.”
Love“To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.”
Power“Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.”
Government“So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?”
Money“Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.”
Society“Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter.”
Life“Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.”
Power“The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.”
Men“Upper classes are a nation's past the middle class is its future.”
Future“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
Motivational