Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford. — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
We are all self-made men and women, but only the successful take credit for it. — Darren Hardy Copy Share Image
My main goal is to be a self-made man and have control over what's mine. — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
Harris had the egotistical dogmatism of the self-made man who had painfully educated himself without contact with superior brains. — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
Long-term success is never achieved on our own. The phrase 'a self-made man' is a myth all along the way we need… — Isadore Sharp Copy Share Image
My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life, I can never match… — Tamara Ecclestone Copy Share Image
God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit. — Arthur Erickson Copy Share Image
A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts. — Al Goldstein Copy Share Image
We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as a self-made man. I've had much help and have found that if you are willing to work,… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done… — George Matthew Adams Copy Share Image
When you're a self-made man you start very early in life. In my case it was at nine years old when I… — Kirk Kerkorian Copy Share Image
Fortune may crowd a man's life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Robinson Crusoe, the first capitalist hero, is a self-made man who accepts objective reality and then fashions it to his needs through… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
Self-Made Men are the men who owe little or nothing to birth, relationship, friendly surroundings; to wealth inherited or to early approved… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The American cultural ideal of the self-made man, of everyone standing on his own feet, is as tragic a picture as the… — Kurt Lewin Copy Share Image
I was an older brother. So I had to do a lot of things first. My father was a self-made man, and… — Harry Hay Copy Share Image
Lincoln is such an iconic figure in American history. He seems to reflect so many elements of American culture that we consider… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
Self-Made Men are those who owe little or nothing to birth, relationship, or friendly surroundings; to wealth inherited or to early approved… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Witness the American ideal: the Self-Made Man. But there is no such person. If we can stand on our own two feet,… — Urie Bronfenbrenner Copy Share Image
A self-made man, if he is made at all, has already won the battle of life. . . . he has learned… — Alvin R. Dyer Copy Share Image
There is a great deal of strength in Garfield's life and struggles as a self-made man… From poverty and obscurity, by labor… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
My theory of self-made men is, then, simply this; that they are men of work. Whether or not such men have acquired… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The American culture ideal of the "self-made-man," of everyone "standing on his own feet" seemed as tragic a picture as the initiative-destroying… — Kurt Lewin Copy Share Image
The most famous self-made man in the world today is our own Edison. Talk with Mr. Edison and he will tell you… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
We're all self-made men, but not very many of us have stayed on the job. — Kin Hubbard Copy Share Image
I don't believe in the myth of the "self made man". Nobody gets through alone. — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
Yes, we worship the idea of the "self-made man" - otherwise we'd go on strike against Bill Gates having all that money!… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
My especial object is to help the poor; the rich can help themselves. I believe in self-made men. — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
I always thought Christians were the weak people. When you can't make it in life then you have to ask God. I… — Paul Henderson Copy Share Image
