Ayn Rand Quotes

Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.

I'm happy with the decision I've taken. I get up in the morning, and I'm happy, and that is what is important for me in the end. I greet my family, my brothers, my parents. Me being happy doesn't have a price.

My dad said, "As long as you're happy." I used to think it was kind of a very simple idea or philosophy because he wasn't religious. But you've got to try and be happy. And if you're not happy, you can't help anyone else. So obviously, some crazy people could go to places, but I just think you need to be content within yourself, so that's the thing.

The whole purpose of life is to make yourself happy.

I am, more than anything else, happy.

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.

I enjoyed my life when I had nothing... and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me.

Feeling good about yourself and your life is very important. I'm a happy woman, happy with my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren. We all get along quite well, and that keeps me centered.

I don't want to ever, ever do something in life that isn't fun. Ever.

Any fool can be happy. What I'm interested in is satisfaction. There's got to be more to life than just being happy. You've got to be fulfilled. You've got to be satisfied; philosophically satisfied is what I mean.

Let me be content with being happy, without sighing that I am not distinguished.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Unhappiness is an unfinished state; happy people don't need our help.

It's more important for me to feel content than to be famous.

I'm fine with the life I have.

You don't come into this life wanting to be anything other than happy.

I can only say that I have had a wonderful life.

I couldn't think of anything else I'd rather be doing.

I'm not sure about 'absolute' happiness, but I am happiest when I go to bed at night knowing that I tried to do my best that day.

My ambition is to be happy.

The goal isn't to be successful; it's to be happy. And so it doesn't matter if I'm doing things in New York or teaching high school or I drop it altogether and sell coffee. The goal is to be happy, and people and relationships are what makes you happy.

I love the life I live. The Lord blessed me to be independent. I am independent.

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.