We have the kind of self-made-man myth, which says that super-successful people did it themselves. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Ever been so high that you wanna kill yourself? Dude, you haven't lived...Until you wanna die. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you're trying, and you haven't made it, you're not trying hard enough. — Anonymous 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
Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men. — E. B. White Copy Share Image
The only 'break' anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made 'break'. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“Leadership is self-made. People who have deliberately decided to become problems solver lead better.” — Israelmore Ayivor 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
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
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
“A “self-leader” is the positively influence you have on yourself and on others without any influence with your titles and positions. You… — Israelmore Ayivor 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
