Self-made Quotes

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

Self-made men often worship their creator.

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.

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.

A self-made man may prefer a self-made name.

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

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

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

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

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

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.