Ayn Rand Quotes

I am a strong believer to follow your own path, no matter what people think.

The American's conviction that he must be able to look any man in the eye and tell him to go to hell is the very essence of the free man's way of life.

Anyone who wants to be truly free must be willing to stand alone in the truth.

I have only two rules which I regard as principles of conduct. The first is: Have no rules. The second is: Be independent of the opinion of others.

The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one's own convictions - not obstinately or defiantly

I don't care who or what judges me, nothing's going to stop me from living my life how I choose.

I myself have been on my own and utterly independent since I graduated. I haven't belonged to any company or any system. It isn't easy to live like this in Japan.

I'm a very individualistic person. That is why I don't belong to any political party or anything. I really believe in justice and freedom.

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

I'm very big on doing my own thing.

You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.

We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves.

I love Winston Churchill. I love the wisdom he had, the sagacity. I like people who are independent-minded. People who aren't part of clans or systems, who are talented and free, and able to do things without being corrupted by the system.

I am definitely an individual.

I appreciate individualism.

I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.

I am a rank individualist.

I am responsible for no one but myself.

I don't really care what the man on the street thinks. I never did anything to please him in the first place, and I'm not going to start now.

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

I guess I'm just fiercely independent.

I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be an uncommon man—if I can. I seek opportunity, not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.

a law unto himself who responds only to his own conversation.

I am my own party.

The history of this country was made largely by people who wanted to be left alone.