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
“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
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 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
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
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
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
Over time we are able to undermine habitual modes of thinking formed by our self-made self in early childhood, which tries to… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
“There are no self made heroes or leaders. No matter how rugged or self assured, everyone requires a cast of players -… — Jacob Nordby Copy Share Image
Even if you're an observer of a story that you yourself made up, you're still very much connected to it. You love… — Regina Spektor 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
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
The American culture ideal of the "self-made-man," of everyone "standing on his own feet" seemed as tragic a picture as the initiative-destroying… — Kurt Lewin 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
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
I’ve often said that I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame, so that they could see that… — Jim Carrey 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
One of the things about being raised British in Africa is that you get this double whammy of toughness. The continent in… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
A self-made man, if he is made at all, has already won the battle of life. . . . he has learned… — Alvin R. Dyer Copy Share Image
It seems to me shallow and arrogant for any man in these times to claim he is completely self-made, that he owes… — Walt Disney 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
My theory of self-made men is, then, simply this; that they are men of work. Whether or not such men have acquired… — Frederick Douglass 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
