Ayn Rand Quotes

I set my own goals higher than what anybody else has set for me.

I always look for... hopefully look for a challenge. And you're always looking for the next summit to hit. Even if it's a personal one. It needn't be some great sense of monumental... It just has to be important to you and big enough and special enough and individual enough that you get up for it. And that can be anything.

What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And certainly that's what I want them to take away.

As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A., the entertainment capital of the world), happiness, fulfillment, and spiritual enlightenment (also quite common), I skipped right on to trying to be successful. 'Let's just get on with it,' I felt. 'Onward' became my motto.

I think in life we want to challenge ourselves.

I plan on doing a lot more work on my own, and discovering and doing more.

Who is my biggest inspiration? Wow... I really, without wanting to sound 'aw gee shucks,' I'd have to say my wife who taught a rather uptight Englishman what there is to be got out of life. Susan is my greatest inspiration. She has more integrity than anyone I know, and integrity is more important than anything for a happy and successful life.

The best thing about Berlin was that I got to be surrounded by people who pursue their ideas for themselves.

Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: 'Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?'

I love, when I feel challenged, to step up to my highest capacity.

For me, what's important is to be inspired and keep moving to grow as an artist and as a person.

If I have any basic motivation, it's to inspire people to make their life a masterpiece.

My idea of putting the city on is giving inspiration to others to want to put themselves on. You should never depend on someone else to put you on. I used to do that, and it didn't get me anywhere.

I am happy that I can challenge myself in various fields.

I set some lofty goals for myself and I think you have to.

I read an article in Forbes entitled 'Six Ways To Achieve Any Goal,' and it really inspired me and helped me get to where I am today. Now everything is completely different - but I'm still not satisfied.

In my case, my life has changed and improved because different things have motivated me. For example, in the beginning, my motivation was to help my family. Later on, my motivation was to be the best.

I want to inspire strength. I also want to inspire people to create their own happy reality.

I don't feel I'm in competition with anyone. My sense is of it being like school: I don't want to beat anyone but I don't want to get left behind. That's a great motivator. I like impressing my friends.

There is no pressure when you are making a dream come true.

Lift up yourselves, men, take yourselves out of the mire and hitch your hopes to the very stars themselves. Let no man pull you down, let no man destroy your ambition, because man is but your companion, your equal; man is your brother; he is not your Lord, he is not your sovereign master.

Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.

I marvel every day at how people can excel - and that’s what really gets me going.

Run as far as you can in the direction of your best and happiest dreams across the bridge that was built by your own desire to heal.

Drop that zero and get with the hero!