Ayn Rand Quotes About Self Respect

• The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

  Ayn Rand

  Self Esteem, Self Worth, Men

  Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.29, Penguin

• If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Respect, Ethics

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.783, Penguin

• Not selfishness, but precisely the absence of a self. Look at them. The man who cheats and lies, but preserves a respectable front. He knows himself to be dishonest, but others think he’s honest and he derives his self-respect from that, second-hand. The man who takes credit for an achievement which is not his own. He knows himself to be mediocre, but he’s great in the eyes of others.

  Ayn Rand

  Lying, Eye, Men

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.441, Penguin

• Ask anything of men. Ask them to achieve wealth, fame, love, brutality, murder, self-sacrifice. But don’t ask them to achieve self-respect. They will hate your soul.

  Ayn Rand

  Hate, Sacrifice, Men

  Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.69, Penguin

• It's easy to run to others. It's so hard to stand on one's own record. You can fake virtue for an audience. You can't fake it in your own eyes. Your ego is your strictest judge. They run from it. They spend their lives running. It's easier to donate a few thousand to charity and think oneself noble than to base self-respect on personal standards of personal achievement. It's simple to seek substitutes for competence--such easy substitutes: love, charm, kindness, charity. But there is no substitute for competence.

  Ayn Rand

  Running, Kindness, Eye

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.781, Penguin

• Self respect is something that can't be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man's pretense at it.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Self, Fountainhead

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.549, Penguin

• A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack

  Ayn Rand

  Self, Self Respect, Quests

  Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.414, Penguin

• It is easier to donate a few thousand to charity and think oneself noble than to base self-respect on personal standards of personal achievement.

  Ayn Rand

  Thinking, Self, Achievement

  Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.578, Penguin

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