A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.

Quote by Ayn Rand

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Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.

That love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance. Not a bandage...

That love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance. Not a bandage...

Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in...

Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in...

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal...

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal...

An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a...

An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a...

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

Art is too serious to be taken seriously.

Art is too serious to be taken seriously.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to...

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to...

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now...

Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now...

God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive.

God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive.

To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'

To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'

The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual: everything man needs has to...

The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual: everything man needs has to...

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness,...

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness,...

To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's...

To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's...

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values

The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.

The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to...

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to...

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public,...

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public,...