The self-made man that some people believe is a myth? It could be, because you do it on the backs of other… — Oscar Isaac 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
I, along with everybody else, had bought into the myth of Donald being a self-made man and being a brilliant developer. I… — Mary L. Trump 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
“Self-leaders do not look for followers because they are busily pursuing their influencial dreams that followers will trace and ask for. Followers… — Israelmore Ayivor 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 art gives contemporary art a juvenile-delinquent phase. Its self-made style gleefully trashes conventions of beauty and society while pick-pocketing from the… — Steve Olson 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
One of the things about being raised British in Africa is that you get this double whammy of toughness. The continent in… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
I’ve often said that I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame, so that they could see that… — Jim Carrey 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
It seems to me shallow and arrogant for any man in these times to claim he is completely self-made, that he owes… — Walt Disney 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
Be yourself. That's it. I got about 45 [billionaires] . They are all different, all unique, and they are all self-made. — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
I'm self-made. I always wanted to make myself a better person, because I was not educated. But that was my dream -… — Tina Turner 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
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
Shah Rukh Khan is a self-made man, and he does inspire with what he does. It is foolish to think that one… — Harshvardhan Rane Copy Share Image
There are very few self-made millionaires, if any, who have not taken risks which would make the rest of us unable to… — Dominic Lawson Copy Share Image
We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share Image
Peace ... was contingent upon a certain disposition of the soul, a disposition to receive the gift that only detachment from self… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“Self-leaders are still true leaders even if they have no known followers. True leaders inspire by the influence of their characters and… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Find your purpose and fling your life out to it. Find a way or make one. Try with all your might. Self-made… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause. He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Icebergs behoove the soul (both being self-made from elements least visible) to see themselves: fleshed, fair, erected, indivisible. — Elizabeth Bishop Copy Share Image
It is better to be a self-made man,--filled up according to God's original pattern,--than to be half a man, made after some… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
The discovery of various phenomena has led to a recognition of the fact that the chemical atom is an individual which again… — Johannes Stark Copy Share Image
“A “self-leader” is the positively influence you have on yourself and on others without any influence with your titles and positions. You… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The people I believed in were people like William Lever, the great philanthropic industrialist - self-made men who realised anyone could achieve. — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
In middle age we are apt to reach the horrifying conclusion that all sorrow, all pain, all passionate regret and loss and… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
At least eighty percent of millionaires are self-made. That is, they started with nothing but ambition and energy, the same way most… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
We succeed, not alone by the laborious exertions of our faculties, be they small or great, but by the regular, thoughtful and… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Like many of you, I was concerned about going out into the world and doing something bigger than myself. Until someone smarter… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
The myth of the self-made man, has to be profoundly hypocritical: it is the self-serving demonstration that a lie is the truth — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
I didn't realize that I was in a self-made prison of human approval and human acceptance. Didn't even realize it. Most of… — Tullian Tchividjian 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
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