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
“You can be in your room and lead people. Just develop your potentials and publicize them and you will see people looking… — Israelmore Ayivor 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
I once met a man who was a billionaire, and I said to him: 'Are you a self-made man?' - and he… — Christian McKay Copy Share Image
In Naples, Fla., I met a self-made man, a multimillionaire, whose round penthouse apartment is home to Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Henry… — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
It is true that men themselves made this world of nations... but this world without doubt has issued from a mind often… — Giambattista Vico Copy Share Image
Fear of being a flawed person lay at the root of my trance, and I had sacrificed many moments over the years… — Tara Brach 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
Rather do what is nothing to the purpose than be idle; that the devil may find thee doing. The bird that sits… — Francis Quarles 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
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
Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are no schools… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
There are self-made millionaires - their aspiration is first to make money. But the once that goal is achieved, they have to… — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
I believe that every man can multiply his own ability by almost constant wordless realization of his unity with his Source. I… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
“A young child is a leader to an elderly person once his purpose has a faithful, sincere and trustworthy influence on people.… — Israelmore Ayivor 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
The trumpet player, Ronnie Hughes, has still got his chops today but for some strange reason the culture doesn't call him because… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
It's just as difficult to live in a self-made hell of privacy as it is to live in a self-made hell of… — Michael Hutchence 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
Oprah is definitely a self-made woman and she came from being dirt poor, as did I. — Chrishell Stause Copy Share Image
A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford. — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
Some men are self-made, but most are the revised work of a wife and children. — Joyce Brothers Copy Share Image
People who imagine themselves to be self-made seldom enjoy examining the process of manufacture in detail. — Richard Russo 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
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
For 'Zoom,' as the script demanded it, I opted for a shorter hair-style, as I play the character of a modern girl… — Radhika Pandit Copy Share Image
If in the well and truly made martini DeVoto finds "water of life" and the blessing to the spirit, so also DeVoto's… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a self made spiritual leader. He is able to influence others spiritually only because the Spirit… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
I watch a TV show called 'Shark Tank.' It's one of my favorite TV shows. It's basically self-made millionaires who have either… — Jacob Dalton Copy Share Image
General Petraeus is not a miracle worker. He can not be successful unless the president creates greater confidence within his own team… — Jim Talent Copy Share Image
Probably the most honest "self-made person" ever was the one we heard say: "I got to the top the hard way -… — James Alexander Thom Copy Share Image
