Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest val…

Ayn Rand
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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 (1963). For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition), p.105, Penguin
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