She felt a board indifference toward the immediate world around her toward other children and adults alike. She took it as a regrettable accident to be borne patiently for a while, that she happened to be imprisoned among people who were dull. She had caught a glimpse of another world and she knew it existed somewhere, the world that had created trains, bridges, telegraph wires and signal lights winking in the night. She had to wait she thought, and grow up to that world. - Dagny Taggart
Ayn RandSelf-esteem is reliance on one's power to think... The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind.
Ayn RandRemember that rights are moral principles which define and protect a man's freedom of action, but impose no obligations on other men.
Ayn RandEvery man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.
Ayn Rand