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.
There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others.
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.
Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
Self-Made Men are the men who owe little or nothing to birth, relationship, 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.
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.
We have the kind of self-made-man myth, which says that super-successful people did it themselves.
My main goal is to be a self-made man and have control over what's mine.
A self-made man may prefer a self-made name.
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.
Everyone is a self-made man. Only the successful admit it.
The self-made man is often proud of a poor job.
Self-made men often worship their creator.
There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.
My theory of self-made men is, then, simply this; that they are men of work. Whether or not such men have acquired material, moral or intellectual excellence, honest labor faithfully, steadily and persistently pursued, is the best, if not the only, explanation of their success... All human experience proves over and over again, that any success which comes through meanness, trickery, fraud and dishonour, is but emptiness and will only be a torment to its possessor.
A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts.
A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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.
Lincoln is such an iconic figure in American history. He seems to reflect so many elements of American culture that we consider essential, whether it's the self-made man, the frontier hero, the politician who tries to act in a moral way as well as in a political way, Honest Abe. His career raises these questions that are still with us, the power of the federal government vis-à-vis the states, the question of race in American life, can we be a society of equals? There are so many issues central to Lincoln's career that are still part of our society one hundred and fifty years later.
The myth of the self-made man, has to be profoundly hypocritical: it is the self-serving demonstration that a lie is the truth
Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job.
A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction.
Witness the American ideal: the Self-Made Man. But there is no such person. If we can stand on our own two feet, it is because others have raised us up. If, as adults, we can lay claim to competence and compassion, it only means that other human beings have been willing and enabled to commit their competence and compassion to us--through infancy, childhood, and adolescence, right up to this very moment.
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.
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