One of my favorite novels is Atlas Shrugged.  I think it is a book worth everyone's time.  Ayn Rand has many books and they to are worth reading.  Below are some passages from the book that I am particularly fond of.  The final quote is by far my favorite.



Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man’s values, it has to be earned.
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

That which you call your soul or spirit is your consciousness, and that which you call 'free will' is your mind's freedom to think or not, the only will you have, your only freedom, the choice that controls all the choices you make and determines your life and your character.
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged 

He was guilty of nothing, except that he earned his own fortune and never forgot that it was his.
Ayn Rand , Atlas Shrugged

Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplacable spark. In the hopeless swamps of the not quite, the not yet, and the not at all, do not let the hero in your soul perish and leave only frustration for the life you deserved, but never have been able to reach. The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.
Ayn Rand , Atlas Shrugged