Ayn Rand Quotes about Happiness

Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.

Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.

Ayn Rand

Happiness, Happy, Integrity

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.220, Penguin

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.

Ayn Rand

Life, Happiness, Humor

Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.99, Penguin

You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live

Ayn Rand

Life, Happiness, Death

Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.109, Penguin

No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy.

Ayn Rand

Happiness, Power, Overcoming Addiction

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.610, Hamilton Books

Happiness is a state of non-contradictory joy--a joy without penalty or guilt, a joy that does not clash with any of your values and does not work for your own destruction, not the joy of escaping from your mind, but of using your mind's fullest power, not the joy of faking reality, but of achieving values that are real, not the joy of a drunkard, but of a producer.

Ayn Rand

Happiness, Real, Escaping

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.212, Penguin

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.

Ayn Rand

Happiness, Being Happy, Time

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.213, Penguin

I know not if this earth on which I stand is the core of the universe or if it is but a speck of dust lost in eternity. I know not and I care not. For I know what happiness is possible to me on earth. And my happiness needs no higher aim to vindicate it. My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.

Ayn Rand

Happiness, Being Happy, Philosophy

Ayn Rand (2016). “Anthem”, p.46, Xist Publishing

Don't help me or serve me, but let me see it once, because I need it. Don't work for my happiness, my brothers — show me yours — show me that it is possible — show me your achievement — and the knowledge will give me courage for mine.

Ayn Rand

Happiness, Courage, Brother

"The Fountainhead".

The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way. One says: “Merry Christmas”-not “Weep and Repent.” And the good will is expressed in a material, earthly form-by giving presents to one's friends, or by sending them cards in token of remembrance . . . .

Ayn Rand

Happiness, Happy, Friends

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.91, Penguin

My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.

Ayn Rand

Happiness, Mean, Goal

Ayn Rand (2016). “Anthem”, p.46, Xist Publishing

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.

Ayn Rand

Inspirational, Happiness, Loyalty

Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.146, Penguin