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title: "33 Rags Riches Quotes by 29 authors"
description: "Browse 33 Rags Riches quotes by 29 authors. Discover the best Rags Riches sayings and thoughts."
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> [I was the epitome of rags to riches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-mitchell/i-was-the-epitome-of-rags-to-riches/)

[Jason Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-mitchell/)

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> [I am the man who has risen from rags to riches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-kishan/i-am-the-man-who-has-risen-from-rags-to-riches/)

[Ravi Kishan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-kishan/)

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> [I bought me a double R, cuz I went from rags to riches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lil-wayne/i-bought-me-a-double-r-cuz-i-went-from-rags-to-riches/)

[Lil Wayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lil-wayne/)

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> [It's very relatable, the rags to riches story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/snow-tha-product/it-s-very-relatable-the-rags-to-riches-story/)

[Snow Tha Product](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/snow-tha-product/)

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> [My life has been sensationalised into a rags to riches story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-rhys-meyers/my-life-has-been-sensationalised-into-a-rags-to-riches-story/)

[Jonathan Rhys Meyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-rhys-meyers/)

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> [Madam Walker was a woman who transformed herself in a very American, rags-to-riches way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/madam-walker-was-a-woman-who-transformed-herself-in-a-very-american/)

[A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/)

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> [My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches,' but in fact, the Rosses were never raggedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-ross/my-life-has-often-been-described-as-from-rags-to-riches-but-in-fact-2/)

[Diana Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-ross/)

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> [Well, that's baseball. Rags to riches one day and riches to rags the next. But I've been in it 36 years and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/well-that-s-baseball-rags-to-riches-one-day-and-riches-to-rags-the/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

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> [The American dream was not, at least at the beginning, a rags-to-riches type of narrow materialism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-a-reich/the-american-dream-was-not-at-least-at-the-beginning-a-rags-to-riches/)

[Charles A. Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-a-reich/)

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> [My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches' but in fact, the Ross's were never raggedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-ross/my-life-has-often-been-described-as-from-rags-to-riches-but-in-fact/)

[Diana Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-ross/)

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> [Adam had once told Gansey, "Rags to riches isn't a story anyone wants to hear until after it's done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/adam-had-once-told-gansey-rags-to-riches-isn-t-a-story-anyone-wants-2/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [ \[Autobiographies\] are all the same - it's always rags-to-riches or I-slept-with-so-and-so. Damned if I'm going to say that. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-kerr/autobiographies-are-all-the-same-it-s-always-rags-to-riches-or-i/)

[Deborah Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-kerr/)

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> [Unfortunately I have no rags-to-riches story to tell. Money never played a big role for me. My parents just had it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stelios-haji-ioannou/unfortunately-i-have-no-rags-to-riches-story-to-tell-money-never/)

[Stelios Haji-Ioannou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stelios-haji-ioannou/)

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> [The faith that anyone could move from rags to riches - with enough guts and gumption, hard work and nose to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reich/the-faith-that-anyone-could-move-from-rags-to-riches-with-enough-guts/)

[Robert Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reich/)

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> [I had this extraordinary role-model of rags to riches success in my grandfather and yet I was a girl, and girls in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dido-harding/i-had-this-extraordinary-role-model-of-rags-to-riches-success-in-my/)

[Dido Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dido-harding/)

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> [Most biopics are stories of people who achieve something. It's an easier graph, a rags-to-riches story, or wanting something and reaching that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajkumar-hirani/most-biopics-are-stories-of-people-who-achieve-something-it-s-an/)

[Rajkumar Hirani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajkumar-hirani/)

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> [The American dream of rags to riches is a dream for a reason - it is hard to achieve; were everyone to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fulton/the-american-dream-of-rags-to-riches-is-a-dream-for-a-reason-it-is/)

[Robert Fulton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fulton/)

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> [“People are complaining of having rags and not riches, but I find it a blessing just to have rags, to wipe away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-liccione/people-are-complaining-of-having-rags-and-not-riches-but-i-find-it-a/)

[Anthony Liccione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-liccione/)

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> [My father was a rags-to-riches businessman who came over in the Sixties with no money. On my mother's side, I am the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/my-father-was-a-rags-to-riches-businessman-who-came-over-in-the/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

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> [“The story of Andrew Ewing is partly one of rags to riches – but there is more to it than that, since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-scott/the-story-of-andrew-ewing-is-partly-one-of-rags-to-riches-but-there/)

[Bill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-scott/)

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> [The anger from Occupy Wall Street is coming from this simple fact: America no longer seems to be a place where you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-mccain/the-anger-from-occupy-wall-street-is-coming-from-this-simple-fact/)

[Meghan McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-mccain/)

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> [While some multimillionaires started in poverty, most did not. A study of the origins of 303 textile, railroad and steel executives of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/while-some-multimillionaires-started-in-poverty-most-did-not-a-study/)

[Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/)

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> [“RAGS TO RICHES     Anita Ahuja, Conserve India     Like many well-to-do women in Delhi, Anita Ahuja took up social work. But, deeply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashmi-bansal/rags-to-riches-anita-ahuja-conserve-india-like-many-well-to-do-women-2/)

[Rashmi Bansal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rashmi-bansal/)

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> [You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used through-out history to take people from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-tracy/you-have-available-to-you-right-now-a-powerful-supercomputer-this/)

[Brian Tracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-tracy/)

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> [“But the available light in Twisted River was dim and growing dimmer. The dance-hall door blew (or was slammed) closed, cutting off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/but-the-available-light-in-twisted-river-was-dim-and-growing-dimmer/)

[John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/)

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> [“RAGS TO RICHES     Anita Ahuja, Conserve India     Like many well-to-do women in Delhi, Anita Ahuja took up social work. But, deeply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashmi-bansal/rags-to-riches-anita-ahuja-conserve-india-like-many-well-to-do-women/)

[Rashmi Bansal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rashmi-bansal/)

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> [“America can still point to individual rags-to-riches stories of self-made men and women who leapfrog to success. But for all the glitz…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hedrick-smith/america-can-still-point-to-individual-rags-to-riches-stories-of-self/)

[Hedrick Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hedrick-smith/)

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> [Well, that's baseball. Rags to riches one day and riches to rags the next. But I've been in it thirty-six years and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-stengel/well-that-s-baseball-rags-to-riches-one-day-and-riches-to-rags-the-2/)

[Casey Stengel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-stengel/)

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> [The ultimate idea of rags-to-riches success in America is the Hollywood movie star.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marin-ireland/the-ultimate-idea-of-rags-to-riches-success-in-america-is-the/)

[Marin Ireland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marin-ireland/)

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> [The image of entrepreneurship as the province of the unprivileged and un-entitled - the Horatio Alger, rags to riches myth - flies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-yang/the-image-of-entrepreneurship-as-the-province-of-the-unprivileged-and/)

[Andrew Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-yang/)

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> [“Rags-to-riches story? I've heard that gospel before, no thanks. I find no greater inspiration than the riches-to-rags story of redemption, the story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-william-watts/rags-to-riches-story-i-ve-heard-that-gospel-before-no-thanks-i-find/)

[T. William Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-william-watts/)

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> [“Adam had once told Gansey, Rags to riches isn’t a story anyone wants to hear until after it’s done. But it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/adam-had-once-told-gansey-rags-to-riches-isn-t-a-story-anyone-wants/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [I don't come from a position that I am better than everybody; I come from a position that I had a tough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-ward/i-don-t-come-from-a-position-that-i-am-better-than-everybody-i-come/)

[Andre Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-ward/)

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