There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
What I loved about bike racing was that it was not a mainstream sport. My heroes were self-made. There were no coaches,… — Steve Tesich Copy Share Image
“The concept of leadership is abused by people who think a person becomes a leader when he grows grey hair, put into… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Opportunity is latent in the very foundation of human society. Opportunity is everywhere about us. But the preparation to seize upon the… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others. — George Shinn 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
The only 'break' anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made 'break'. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men. — E. B. White Copy Share Image
Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can't take steps toward whatever your goal is. — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
We have the kind of self-made-man myth, which says that super-successful people did it themselves. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“Leadership is self-made. People who have deliberately decided to become problems solver lead better.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success. — Natasha Lyonne 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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
