The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

The question is not who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.

In all proper relationships there is no sacrifice of anyone to anyone.

A good quotation must be a complete entity. It must be like a headline—sharp, clear, whole.

If a life can have a theme song, and I believe every worthwhile one has, mine is a religion, an obsession, or a mania or all of these expressed in one word: individualism.

An idea is a light turned on in a man’s soul.

Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach.

Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.

Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.