Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to himself.

Quote by Ayn Rand

Topics: Ayn Rand Quotes

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.

There is no greater wealth than to own your life and spend it on living.

There is no greater wealth than to own your life and spend it on living.

When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose,...

When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose,...

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.'

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...

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to...

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to...

Get the hell out of my way!

Get the hell out of my way!

A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.

A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish...

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish...

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.

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.

Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not...

Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not...

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...

From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper,...

From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper,...

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,...

Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises....

Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises....

Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to...

Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent 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,...

Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the...

Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the...

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.