Self Made Quotes

100 quotes by 89 authors

I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value. — Frederick Douglass
The American cultural ideal of the self-made man, of everyone standing on his own feet, is as tragic a picture as the initiative Â– destroying… — Kurt Lewin
Meaning that is self-made is in the last analysis no meaning. Meaning, that is, the ground on which our existence as a totality can stand… — Pope Benedict XVI
I have friends who've tried suicide many times and haven't succeeded. I myself made an attempt, so I had a connection with that sort of… — Judy Collins
Human existence may be simpler than we thought. There is no predestination, no unfathomed mystery of life. Demons and gods do not vie for our… — E. O. Wilson
It's just as difficult to live in a self-made hell of privacy as it is to live in a self-made hell of publicity. — Michael Hutchence
True conversion means turning not only from sin but also from depending on self-made righteousness. Those who trust in their own righteousness for conversion hide… — George Whitefield
It is true that men themselves made this world of nations... but this world without doubt has issued from a mind often diverse, at times… — Giambattista Vico
There's no one more obnoxious and self-righteous than the self-made man. And no one more admirable. — Joe R. Lansdale
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
My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life, I can never match his accomplishments. — Tamara Ecclestone
A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts. — Al Goldstein
A self-made man, if he is made at all, has already won the battle of life. . . . he has learned to resist. He… — Alvin R. Dyer
When did it something of shame or ridicule to be a self-made man in America? — Glenn Beck
There are very few self-made millionaires, if any, who have not taken risks which would make the rest of us unable to sleep at night,… — Dominic Lawson
We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the illusion that we… — Walter Brueggemann
The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will get himself made out of anything he finds at hand. — Gerald Stanley Lee
For as long as you can remember, you have been a pleaser, depending on others to give you an identity. You need not look at… — Henri Nouwen
Time itself made all things rare. — Lionel Shriver
We're all self-made men, but not very many of us have stayed on the job. — Kin Hubbard

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