Ayn Rand Quotes About Honor

• Honor is self-esteem made visible in action.

  Ayn Rand

  Self Esteem, Honor, Action

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.219, Penguin

• There can be no compromise on basic principles. There can be no compromise on moral issues. There can be no compromise on matters of knowledge, of truth, of rational conviction.

  Ayn Rand

  Truth, Integrity, Knowledge

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.101, Penguin

• I am neither foe nor friend to my brothers, but such as each of them shall deserve of me. And to earn my love, my brothers must do more than to have been born. I do not grant my love without reason, nor to any chance passer-by who may wish to claim it. I honor men with my love. But honor is a thing to be earned.

  Ayn Rand

  Brother, Men, Honor

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Anthem”, p.47, Xist Publishing

• For the coming of that day shall I fight, I and my sons and my chosen friends. For the freedom of Man. For his rights. For his life. For his honor.

  Ayn Rand

  Fighting, Son, Men

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Anthem”, p.51, Xist Publishing

• You'll get everything society can give a man. You'll keep all the money. You'll take any fame or honor anyone might want to grant. You'll accept such gratitude as the tenants might feel. And I - I'll take what nobody can give a man, except himself. I will have built Cortlandt. - Howard Roark

  Ayn Rand

  Gratitude, Men, Giving

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.749, Penguin

• I am an innovator. This is a term of distinction, a term of honor, rather than something to hide or apologize for. Anyone who
  has new or valuable ideas to offer stands outside the intellectual status quo. But the status quo is not a stream, let alone a 'mainstream'.
  It is a stagnant swamp. It is the innovators who carry mankind forward.

  Ayn Rand

  Ideas, Intellectual, Honor

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