Don't ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.

A rational man is guided by his thinking - by a process of Reason - not by his feelings and desires.

Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do not belong to him, but belong to society, that the only justification of his existence is his service to society, and that society may dispose of him in any way it pleases for the sake of whatever it deems to be its own tribal, collective good.

Married people dont look like they have bedrooms on their minds when they look at each other. In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both...Not both.

Peter Keating: "Do you always have to have a purpose? Do you always have to be so damn serious? Can't you ever do things without reason, just like everybody else? You're so serious, so old. Everything's important with you. Everything's great, significant in some way, every minute, even when you keep still. Can't you ever be comfortable-and unimportant?" | Howard Roark: "No."

Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others.

The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap.