Ayn Rand Quotes

Don't consider our interests or desires. You have no duty to anyone but yourself.

But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they exist only so far as he chooses to make them his own by accepting them.

I don't want to be in a relationship for the same reason I don't want a kid: I don't want anything in my life to be more important than me.

Individualism is a denial that life has any meaning except the gratification of the ego; in politics it must end in anarchy. It is not possible for one man to be both Christian and Individualist.

But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals.

Man exists for his own sake, and not to add a laborer to the State.

I couldn't care less what anybody says about me. I live my life, especially my personal life, strictly for myself... Whatever you do, you're going to be criticized. I feel the one sensible thing you can do is try to live in a way that pleases you.

Each man must live as an end in himself and follow his own rational self-interest.

The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest.

I didn't do this for other people; I did this for me. I fought for this right for me - does that sound selfish?

To hell with love of country - I compete for myself.

I don't care about anything but what I want to do. You can't worry about what else is happening out there. You have to be true to yourself.

Learn to depend upon yourself by doing things in accordance with your own way of thinking.

Praie and shifte eche one for him selfe, as he can.Euery man for him selfe, and god for us all.

I will not live out of me I will not see with others' eyes My good is good, my evil ill I would be free.

I think the idea of individualism has become more dominating in our society. You can even see it by our political system: how people vote, the job situation, the sociological evolution that's happening, what's happening in the Middle East and so forth.

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.

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. Individualism holds that a civilized society, or any form of association, cooperation or peaceful co-existence among men, can be achieved only on the basis of the recognition of individual rights - and that a group, as such, has no rights other than the individual rights of its members.

I've always been like nah, I'm going to have it my way, that way, when I look out that window at the end of the day, I can say I did it my way, whether it's on a higher level, or a level where I can just maintain, I can still say I did it my way.

When you live life for yourself it's hard on everyone. And that hasn't changed. For me, if anything, it's gotten worse.

We heed no instincts but our own.

I live my own life and nurse my own wounds. It's not the best way to live. But it's the way I am.

For themselves they fought, for themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have they have right to hold.

Every honest man lives for himself. Every man worth calling a man lives for himself. The one who doesn't - doesn't live at all.

I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.