“If you know that this life is all that you have, wouldn’t you make the most of it?”
Ayn Rand
This quote is commonly attributed to Ayn Rand, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“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“I don’t intend to build in order to have clients. I intend to have clients in order to build.”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“Who will let you? That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“Life is a journey, not a destination.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Disputed“Grief too will make us idealists.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Life is our dictionary.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source