Compromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody; it does not lead to any general fulfillment, but to general frustration; those who try to become everything to all people end up by not being anything to anyone.
AYN RANDIntegrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
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It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.
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The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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You have been the one encounter in my life that can never be repeated.
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The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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Patience is always rewarded and romance is always round the corner!
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Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
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Do not help your jailers to pretend that their jail is your natural state of existence.
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She did not know the nature of her loneliness.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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An irresponsible person is a person who makes vague promises, then breaks his word, blames it on circumstances and expects other people to forgive it.
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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.
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Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
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