There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done… — George Matthew Adams Copy Share Image
Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Fortune may crowd a man's life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing… — Frederick Douglass 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
Self-Made Men are those who owe little or nothing to birth, relationship, or friendly surroundings; to wealth inherited or to early approved… — Frederick Douglass 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
My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life, I can never match… — Tamara Ecclestone Copy Share Image
My especial object is to help the poor; the rich can help themselves. I believe in self-made men. — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
When did it become something of shame or ridicule to be a self-made man in America? — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to… — Frederick Douglass 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
I always thought Christians were the weak people. When you can't make it in life then you have to ask God. I… — Paul Henderson 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
Long-term success is never achieved on our own. The phrase 'a self-made man' is a myth all along the way we need… — Isadore Sharp 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
I don't believe in the myth of the "self made man". Nobody gets through alone. — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! — Frederick Douglass 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
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
