“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
Ayn Rand
The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z (Primary source)
The Ayn Rand Lexicon is a reference guide to the philosophy of Objectivism. Compiled from Ayn Rand’s extensive writings, it presents her views on hundreds of topics—from philosophy and politics to art and psychology—in an alphabetical, easy-to-browse format.
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“Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
Ayn Rand
“Do not make the mistake of the ignorant who think that an individualist is a man who says: I’ll do as I please at everybody else’s expense. An individualist is a man who recognizes the inalienable individual rights of man—his own and those of others.
— Ayn Rand Primary source“Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“Who will let you? That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“I don’t intend to build in order to have clients. I intend to have clients in order to build.”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“Let him think I am more man than I am and I will be so.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“My God what would a man do with a woman like that except worship her?”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Money is a tool to be put to work.”
— A.P. Møller Disputed“But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary sourceCreativity Competition Productivity Achievement