If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others.

You know, I think that only if one feels immensely important can one feel truly light.

Don't bother to examine a folly-ask yourself only what it accomplishes.

Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment's torture.

You'll get everything society can give a man. You'll keep all the money. You'll take any fame or honor anyone might want to grant. You'll accept such gratitude as the tenants might feel. And I - I'll take what nobody can give a man, except himself. I will have built Cortlandt. - Howard Roark

The evasion of responsibility is the major cause of most peoples frustrations and defeats.

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).