Quotes about Self Made

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody. Votes: 5

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men. Votes: 5

There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. Votes: 5

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. Votes: 5

Time itself made all things rare. Votes: 4

We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it. Votes: 4

True conversion means turning not only from sin but also from depending on self-made righteousness. Votes: 4

There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others. Votes: 4

A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction. Votes: 4

A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts. Votes: 4

Peace ... was contingent upon a certain disposition of the soul, a disposition to receive the gift that only detachment from self made possible. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

At least eighty percent of millionaires are self-made. That is, they started with nothing but ambition and energy, the same way most of us start. Votes: 4

Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause. He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws. Votes: 4

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 are self-made. Votes: 4

Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of people can say they're absolutely original and completely self-made. Votes: 4

Like many of you, I was concerned about going out into the world and doing something bigger than myself. Until someone smarter than myself made me realize that there is nothing bigger than myself. Votes: 4

There is no such thing as a self made spiritual leader. He is able to influence others spiritually only because the Spirit is able to work in and through him to a greater degree than in those he leads. Votes: 4

Nature is a self-made machine, more perfectly automated than any automated machine. To create something in the image of nature is to create a machine, and it was by learning the inner working of nature that man became a builder of machines. Votes: 4

There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success. Votes: 4

There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. Votes: 4

I believe that every man can multiply his own ability by almost constant wordless realization of his unity with his Source. I have, myself, made that feeling so much a part of me that I actually feel myself to be an extension of the Source; that my works are not my own, but interpretations of this Source. Votes: 4

Self-Made Men are those who owe little or nothing to birth, relationship, or friendly surroundings; to wealth inherited or to early approved means of education; who are what they are, without the aid of any favoring conditions by which other men usually rise in the world and achieve great results. . . They are in a peculiar sense indebted to themselves for themselves. Votes: 4

I am a self-made brat. Votes: 1

Self-made men often worship their creator. Votes: 1

A self-made man may prefer a self-made name. Votes: 1

The authentic self is the soul made visible. Votes: 1

A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator. Votes: 1

Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable. Votes: 1

I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success. Votes: 1

The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action. Votes: 1

My main goal is to be a self-made man and have control over what's mine. Votes: 1

When did it something of shame or ridicule to be a self-made man in America? Votes: 1

Balthazar Balsan is not a self-portrait. If he was, I'd have made the character more flattering. Votes: 1

The key to humor is often self-loathing or sarcasm. In a sense, that's how self-loathing is made palatable. Votes: 1

I would never complain about 'One Day' taking off, but it made me painfully self-conscious for a long time. Votes: 1

True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected. Votes: 1

You can always spot a 'television personality', even when they aren't actually on television, because they carry their 'made-up' persona in front of them, like some sort of baffler, or Ready Brek force field. Their reach for notoriety predicated on that fulsome mediocrity of talent detailed above has become frozen in their faces. Votes: 1

Ideologists of all kinds find a strange sort of comfort in the madness of the crowd; it confirms them in their suspicion that history, far from being made by the great mass of individuals - as Marx averred - is rather unmade by a single massive individual, a collective Other, who stands in stark contrast to you and he. Votes: 1

Man is emphatically self-made. Votes: 0

The self is made, not given Votes: 0

Honor is self-esteem made visible in action. Votes: 0

Any reason could be made for self-justification. Votes: 0

a self-made martyr is a poor thing. Votes: 0

Winners are not born, they are self-made. Votes: 0

The authentic self is the soul made visable. Votes: 0

I'm a self-made man. Who else would help? Votes: 0

Our true self is made manifest in love. Votes: 0

I'm a self-made woman. I've never compromised myself. Votes: 0

The self-made man is often proud of a poor job. Votes: 0

I'm a Self-made Woman in Every Sense of the Word Votes: 0

Worlds self made are so full of monsters and demons. Votes: 0

Everyone is a self-made man. Only the successful admit it. Votes: 0

I see I have made my self a slave to Philosophy. Votes: 0

Leaders are not born or made - they are self made Votes: 0

You are nothing if not exhaustive in your self-congratulatory made-up logic. Votes: 0

Consider the sea's listless chime: Time's self it is, made audible. Votes: 0

Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made. Votes: 0

The only 'break' anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made 'break'. Votes: 0

How beautiful, if sorrow had not made Sorrow more beautiful than Beauty's self. Votes: 0

A genius is always a teacher, never a pupil; he is always self-made. Votes: 0

The man whom nature's self had made to mock herself, and truth to imitate. Votes: 0

Such subtle Covenants shall be made,Till Peace it self is War in Masquerade. Votes: 0

Self-will seems to be the only virtue that takes no account of man-made laws. Votes: 0

We have the kind of self-made-man myth, which says that super-successful people did it themselves. Votes: 0

We are all self-made men and women, but only the successful take credit for it. Votes: 0

I don't believe in the myth of the "self made man". Nobody gets through alone. Votes: 0

He who seeks freedom for anything but freedom's self is made to be a slave. Votes: 0

Some men are self-made, but most are the revised work of a wife and children. Votes: 0

A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford. Votes: 0

We're all self-made men, but not very many of us have stayed on the job. Votes: 0

Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job. Votes: 0

There's no one more obnoxious and self-righteous than the self-made man. And no one more admirable. Votes: 0

People who imagine themselves to be self-made seldom enjoy examining the process of manufacture in detail. Votes: 0

We are made up of nothing. There is no self. We are whatever we decide we are. Votes: 0

His father was self-made, but his mother was constructed by others, and such edifices are notoriously fragile. Votes: 0

Clearly, we are self-made. We are the first technology. We are part inventor and part the invented Votes: 0

Whatever discoveries we may have made in the regions of self-love, there still remain many unknown lands. Votes: 0

Icebergs behoove the soul (both being self-made from elements least visible) to see themselves: fleshed, fair, erected, indivisible. Votes: 0

Cosmetic surgery and the ideology of self-improvement may have made women's hope for legal recourse to justice obsolete. Votes: 0

I have a self-made quote: Celebrate diversity, practice acceptance and may we all choose peaceful options to conflict. Votes: 0

Then Maura made something with butter and Calla made something with bacon and Blue steamed broccoli in self-defense. Votes: 0

If hand-spinning is an effective method of making India self-supporting, it must be made part of the franchise. Votes: 0

My especial object is to help the poor; the rich can help themselves. I believe in self-made men. Votes: 0

American's could be any more self absorbed if they were made of equal parts water and paper towel. Votes: 0

I am one powerful self made up of so many selves that sometimes I throw myself a get-acquainted party. Votes: 0

Be yourself. That's it. I got about 45 [billionaires] . They are all different, all unique, and they are all self-made. Votes: 0

Harris had the egotistical dogmatism of the self-made man who had painfully educated himself without contact with superior brains. Votes: 0

The character to follow thru on commitments made to others is built by following thru on commitments made to self. Votes: 0

God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit. Votes: 0

After about 30 minutes I puked all over my airplane. I said to my self, "Man, you made a big mistake." Votes: 0

Self-actualization cannot be attained if it is made an end in itself, but only as a side effect of self-transcendence. Votes: 0

God is indeed dead. He died of self-horror when He saw the creature He had made in His own image. Votes: 0

Standardized sizes made inexpensive, off-the-rack garments economically feasible. They gave shoppers a reliable guide to finding clothes in self-service shops. Votes: 0

In spite of her plainness that would have made wallflowers of other women, she radiated a great sense of self-importance. Votes: 0

I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team. Votes: 0

I've been on 'Days' since I was 16, and being surrounded by such thin, gorgeous actresses made me so insecure and self-conscious. Votes: 0

Having children made me go down a road of serious introspection and self-examination. I think it's informed and hopefully enhanced my creativity. Votes: 0

In Christ, man who made himself God encounters God who made himself man. Unrivaled self-importance and pride encounters unrivaled self-emptying and humility. Votes: 0

The myth of the self-made man, has to be profoundly hypocritical: it is the self-serving demonstration that a lie is the truth Votes: 0

My mom raise me so wonderfully. She gave me self esteem and made me appreciate my flaws, as well as my strengths. Votes: 0

My nose is broken," I said. Damn that Dumbo. Made me self-conscious."My ankle's broken," he said."Then I'll come to you. Votes: 0

No self-respecting gay guy would have ever made some of the hair and clothing choices I am still trying to live down. Votes: 0

I want my pictures to be things. I want them to be made up of marks that are physically and individually self-sufficient. Votes: 0

The self-made man that some people believe is a myth? It could be, because you do it on the backs of other people. Votes: 0

Long-term success is never achieved on our own. The phrase 'a self-made man' is a myth all along the way we need support. Votes: 0

The brainy class is made up of individuals who think for themselves and beyond formal education are continuous learners who tend to be self-taught. Votes: 0

Self-realisation means that we have been consciously connected with our source of being. Once we have made this connection, then nothing can go wrong... Votes: 0

There's a different film being made in every mind. And of course, the star of the film is the mind, the personality, the self. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Grammar, n. A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet of the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction. Votes: 0

I'm self-made. I always wanted to make myself a better person, because I was not educated. But that was my dream - to have class. Votes: 0

Find your purpose and fling your life out to it. Find a way or make one. Try with all your might. Self-made or never made. Votes: 0

I doubt not, but from self-evident Propositions, by necessary Consequences, as incontestable as those in Mathematics, the measures of right and wrong might be made out. Votes: 0

In middle age we are apt to reach the horrifying conclusion that all sorrow, all pain, all passionate regret and loss and bitter disillusionment are self-made Votes: 0

Usually all my tattoos came at good times. A tattoo is something permanent when you've made a self-discovery, or something you've come to a conclusion about. Votes: 0

We are unique, each human voice, not because we are completely self-generated, but because of who we choose to assemble the countless factors that made us. Votes: 0

This solidity is not true. The apparent solidity is the delusion of the senses and of the self. Everything is made up of infinite, intelligent light. Votes: 0

Yes, we worship the idea of the "self-made man" - otherwise we'd go on strike against Bill Gates having all that money! We worship that idea. Votes: 0

Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live! Votes: 0

She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself. Votes: 0

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable. Votes: 0

Life may be defined to be the power of self-augmentation or assimilation, not of self-nurture; for then a steam-engine over a coal-pit might be made to live. Votes: 0

When I first began, the technicians, camera and makeup men made me feel so self-conscious that I began to have the biggest inferiority complex about my looks. Votes: 0

We are made of stellar ash. Our origin and evolution have been tied to distant cosmic events. The exploration of the cosmos is a voyage of self-discovery. Votes: 0

Self-assertion may deceive the ignorant for a time; but when the noise dies away, we cut open the drum, and find it was emptiness that made the music. Votes: 0

The autobiographical self is built on the basis of past memories and memories of the plans that we have made; it's the lived past and the anticipated future. Votes: 0

We can not overestimate the fervent love of liberty, the intelligent courage, and the sum of common sense with which our fathers made the great experiment of self-government. Votes: 0

We must stand up and say, "I'm black and I'm beautiful," and this self-affirmation is the black man's need, made compelling by the white man's crimes against him. Votes: 0

Comparison is a brutal assault upon one's self. Once you compare yourself to someone else, what you're really saying is that what you're made of isn't good enough. Votes: 0

Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us. Votes: 0

Self-actualized people...live more in the real world of nature than in the man-made mass of concepts, abstractions, expectations, beliefs and stereotypes that most people confuse with the world. Votes: 0

With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works, it seemed that I was becoming the world's first writer of self-contained ready-made quotations. Votes: 0

Self-discovery is a very advanced art. What we're doing basically is screwing around with what you're made up of. We're taking awarenesses, feelings, ideas and impressions and changing them. Votes: 0

Cherish believes that God made her with a special purpose. Like any teenage girl, she has her insecurities, but for the most part she has a real healthy self-esteem. Votes: 0

I think part of a beauty routine is how you feel and checking in with your inner self, and so I made that commitment to myself to do that. Votes: 0

Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty under the guidance of his widowed grandmother. Votes: 0

There's no such thing as a self-made man. I've had much help and have found that if you are willing to work, many people are willing to help you. Votes: 0

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, or keep our food down. Votes: 0

I always thought Christians were the weak people. When you can't make it in life then you have to ask God. I really prided myself on being a self-made man. Votes: 0

I don't believe in that kind of American John Wayne individualism where people pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Someone changed your diapers. And if that's the case, you ain't self-made. Votes: 0

My art gives contemporary art a juvenile-delinquent phase. Its self-made style gleefully trashes conventions of beauty and society while pick-pocketing from the coolest underground styles and beliefs of the previous centuries. Votes: 0

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 the prisons we live in we are not conscious of. Votes: 0

Probably the most honest "self-made person" ever was the one we heard say: "I got to the top the hard way - fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way." Votes: 0

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 and live, cannot be made but only received. Votes: 0

Self-leaders are still true leaders even if they have no known followers. True leaders inspire by the influence of their characters and general self-made brands. Leadership is defined by the virtues of one's behaviour. Votes: 0

I now realize there are millions of self-made millionaires who started with nothing. They dug inside themselves to find the answers and they succeeded. There is nothing anyone else can do that I can't do. Votes: 0

America glories in its tradition of the self-made individual. Political candidates compete to be a friend to entrepreneurs, and policymakers, imagining the next Microsoft or Google, design laws to back the innovator in the garage. Votes: 0