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

Quote by Ayn Rand

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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,...

Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That...

Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That...

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.

The quickest way to kill the human spirit is to ask someone to do mediocre...

The quickest way to kill the human spirit is to ask someone to do mediocre...

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...

I swearby my life and my love of itthat I will never live for the...

I swearby my life and my love of itthat I will never live for the...

Do not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent...

Do not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent...

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in...

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in...

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...

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,...

Art is too serious to be taken seriously.

Art is too serious to be taken seriously.

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is...

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is...

When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.

When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.

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

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

Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil,...

Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil,...

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop...

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop...

In that world, you'll be able to rise in the morning with the spirit you...

In that world, you'll be able to rise in the morning with the spirit you...

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.

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have...

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have...

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....