Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics — a rational ethics — as a precondition of rebirth. – Ayn Rand
Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the lepers bell of an approaching looter. – Ayn Rand
Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. – Ayn Rand
I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. – Ayn Rand
The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character. – Stephen Covey