Oprah is definitely a self-made woman and she came from…

The media is biased against me because I'm a self-made woman.

— J. Jayalalithaa

I love Priyanka Chopra mainly because she is a self-made woman.

— Disha Patani

I'm a Self-made Woman in Every Sense of the Word

— Laverne Cox

I'm a self-made woman. I've never compromised myself.

— Nia Long

Oprah has definitely caught my eye. My mom and I used to watch her shows. We just love her.

— Gabby Douglas

“He had spent a lot of time thinking about himself, and had come to the conclusion that he was definitely not self-absorbed.”

— Scott Meyer

When I say dirt-poor, I mean Mom made maybe $25,000 a year. I remember buying milk with food stamps. Vividly. So, growing up, I…

— Jason Sehorn

I was dirt-poor. I could barely hold down a job. Eventually, though, I started getting small parts on shows like 'Smallville,' 'Supernatural'... and lots…

— Cory Monteith

My mom had to be resourceful. She grew up dirt poor in rural Louisiana.

— Chris Gardner

If all we've got is the dirt poor and the filthy rich, the dirt poor would eat the filthy rich.

— Richard Ojeda

“A self-made man" - not of woman born but alchemized, through sheer force of will, by the man himself. This is what I want…

— Caitlin Moran

For most women being other-directed, focused on how other people feel and nurturing them, was (and can still be) a quality that girls were…

— Judith M Bardwick

If "man who supports his family, at all costs, even his own happiness" is Who You Are, then love your work, because it is…

— Neale Donald Walsch

When I first came to Columbia University, I was dirt poor. I did not choose to come here - I just ended up here…

— Li Lu

“Back in Russia we were dirt-poor. Here in the West we are still poor but have risen above the dirt to tower alongside stalks…

— Vera Nazarian