Ayn Rand Quotes

13 quotes from Ayn Rand on investing and motivation.

On investing

Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
The only thing that counts in life is solid, material assets. It's no time for theories when everything is falling to pieces around us.
Wealth is the product of a man's capacity to think.
In a system of full capitalism, there should be (but, historically, has not yet been) a complete separation of state and economics, in the same way and for the same reasons as the separation of state and church.
Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of production and trade..
What's wealth but the means of expanding one's life? There's two ways one can do it: either by producing more or by producing it faster.
Money is a living power that dies without its root. Money will not serve the mind that cannot match it. Is this the reason why you call it evil?
People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad economics. They are accepting bad economics because they have embraced collectivism.
Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.

Do it first and feel about it afterwards.' - Dagny Taggart.
Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?
God forgives those who invent what they need.
Man is an end in himself.