I've always loved Houdini, not just because of what he did, but also because of what he stood for. He was a… — Michael Redhill 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
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
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
We're all self-made men, but not very many of us have stayed on the job. — Kin Hubbard Copy Share Image
If you have great people around you, they will take you higher than your dream will. Leaders are never self-made. Those closest… — John C. Maxwell 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
I don't believe in the myth of the "self made man". Nobody gets through alone. — Dan Mangan 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
I never realized how much I've become dependent on human approval until God took it away. I didn't even realize that I… — Tullian Tchividjian 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
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-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
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
America glories in its tradition of the self-made individual. Political candidates compete to be a friend to entrepreneurs, and policymakers, imagining the… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
the struggle for the right to become politicians in itself made women into politicians. — Eleanor Rathbone 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
We are all self-made men and women, but only the successful take credit for it. — Darren Hardy 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
