“To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'” — Ayn Rand
“Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.” — Ayn Rand
“Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.” — Ayn Rand
“God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive.” — Ayn Rand
“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.” — Ayn Rand
“You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose the consequences of your actions” — 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 desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.” — Ayn Rand
“Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.” — Ayn Rand
“Art is too serious to be taken seriously.” — Ayn Rand
“A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.” — Ayn Rand
“The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.” — Ayn Rand