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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. — Brian Tracy

Without parents who had time for her, at an early age she had made herself self-sufficient. — Hanif Kureishi

I see myself through others eyes and I am made anew. — Molly Moore

Such subtle Covenants shall be made,Till Peace it self is War in Masquerade. — John Dryden

Don't anticipate for a promise, let it be an unexpected favour, this will increase your power of independence. — Michael Bassey Johnson

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. — Mary Elizabeth Braddon

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. — Ambrose Bierce

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. — Rick Yancey

Nature has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The key to humor is often self-loathing or sarcasm. In a sense, that's how self-loathing is made palatable. — James Gray

I sighed, because that's what unrequited love made you do. Sigh with self-pity. — Sariah Wilson

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

You stop revisiting memories when you outgrow the people you made them with. — Nikki Rowe

Man is emphatically self-made. — John Henry Newman

You're a soul made by God, made for God, and made to need God, which means you were not made to be self-sufficient. — John Ortberg

Cinder grinned at him. He was usually so self-assured that in the rare moments when he was flustered, it made all of her insides swap wrong side up. — Marissa Meyer

Harris had the egotistical dogmatism of the self-made man who had painfully educated himself without contact with superior brains. — Beatrice Webb

Whatever discoveries we may have made in the regions of self-love, there still remain many unknown lands. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it. — Earl Nightingale

Self-will seems to be the only virtue that takes no account of man-made laws. — Bruce Lee

The loneliness of command had made Eisenhower emotionally self-sufficient. — Jean Edward Smith

The only "break" anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made "break. — Napoleon Hill

A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford. — Christina Stead

Cosmetic surgery and the ideology of self-improvement may have made women's hope for legal recourse to justice obsolete. — Naomi Wolf

People settle for so much less because they find their identities in the world's fickle and untrue opinions. God made you royal with His blood. Live. — Lacey Mosley

I'm a self-made man. Who else would help? — Oscar Levant

Leadership is self-made. People who have deliberately decided to become problems solver lead better. — Israelmore Ayivor

Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable. — Frederick Douglass

Life is actually a self made web of fate. — Steven Redhead

We are made up of nothing. There is no self. We are whatever we decide we are. — Frederick Lenz

Clearly, we are self-made. We are the first technology. We are part inventor and part the invented — Kevin Kelly

PhD made me poorer, without money, but richer in thoughts. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The self is made, not given — Barbara Myerhoff

Unfair. I was fighting with some core, self-fulfilling loneliness that made me push people away. — C.D. Reiss

Although love is often depicted as starry-eyed and sweet, love for the self is made of tougher stuff. — Sharon Salzberg

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

We were not made to look inward for self-realization, but to look outwards in love. I — Tim Chester

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. — B.C. Forbes

... and time is the stuff of which a self is made. — Mohsin Hamid

I am a self-made brat. — Steve Wynn

The silence of the three of them had made a little kernel of sense in a world of boasting, self-excuse and rhetoric. — Thornton Wilder

As Bonaparte would sigh centuries later, it takes very few defeats to unmake a self-made man. — Derek Leebaert

Through my pain and sorrow, God has prepared me to share His word with others in a way that was made just for me. — Latorria Freeman

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

We are all self made although it's usually only the successful that tell you so. — Robert Stone

Think positively about yourself ... ask God who made you to keep on remaking you. — Norman Vincent Peale

There's no 'Self made' we're all dependent. — Nick

Being with him made me want to make my own dreams, discover my own path. I was my best self when I was with him. — Heather Anastasiu

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. — John Wooden

I couldn't help wondering what it was that made me not good enough. It was a familiar feeling. I'd had it off and on my entire life. — Drew Nellins Smith

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose. — Tehyi Hsieh

We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us. — Jean-Paul Sartre

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

Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job. — Josh Billings

I'm a Self-made Woman in Every Sense of the Word — Laverne Cox

Her utter lack of self-importance made her passionate. In a word, she was happy. — Francoise Sagan

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

Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made. — Jacques Barzun

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

[He] made me feel lonely, and being alone with another person is much worse than being alone all by yourself. — Lindy West

MADDIE: Change is good. It's not always easy, but it's good. And it's time I made a few changes. — Ruby Dixon

No one can rightly call his garden his own unless he himself made it. — Alfred Austin

God is indeed dead. He died of self-horror when He saw the creature He had made in His own image. — Irving Layton

There is no shame in having been the woman I was. She made me the woman I am. — Julie-Anne

Whatever discoveries have been made in the land of self-delusion, many undiscovered regions remain to be explored. — Paul Hoffman

It was like discovering that some part of you wasn't yours at all. And it made me wonder what else I couldn't claim. — Sarah Dessen

This world made by humans for themselves is most unfriendly towards humans. What irony. — Pooja Perumal

a man without birth, without courage, without conduct. For my part, I declare, sir, it shall never be said that I made such a man my master. — Sarah Vowell

A strong man does not succumb to pressures, he knows that without pressures he will not find pleasures and so he will not be made. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Told I talked too much
made too much noise

I took up a silent hobby -
Bleeding. — S. Marie

I am made of universal love. I embrace my interconnected self and let it bring me joy. — Amy Leigh Mercree

The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down. — Frederick Douglass

Everyone is a self-made man. Only the successful admit it. — Will Rogers

Their Love said, "Made for Each Other"
Our Love says, "Made from Each Other — Jasleen Kaur Gumber

Consider the sea's listless chime: Time's self it is, made audible. — Dante Alighieri

Cosmetic surgery processes the bodies of woman-made women, who make up the vast majority of its patient pool, into man-made women. — Naomi Wolf

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. — Frederick Lenz

A disorienting change pleases no one yet it builds self made heroes. — Auliq Ice

I admire answers to which no answers can be made. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

If I was made of cake I'd eat myself before somebody else could. — Emma Donoghue

I knew my value because the world seemed to be denying it, and that just made me want to prove it even more. — A.J. Mendez Brooks

I made the first cut razor thin. A gentle kiss on virgin skin. — Madeleine Kuderick

Your inner Belly Dancer ... is your inner sensuality, your highest feminity, your great esteemed self made more apparent. — Leandra J. Kalsy

I have a self-made quote: Celebrate diversity, practice acceptance and may we all choose peaceful options to conflict. — Donzella Michele Malone

My parents were self-made people, and they were a team. — Samuel Goldwyn Jr.

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. — Tina Turner

I AM GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE
BACKSTABBING
BECAUSE IT MADE ME
A STRAIGHT-SHOOTER! — Qwana M. BabyGirl Reynolds-Frasier

The self is a
self-made
Procrustean bed
of little comfort — Ulf Wolf

Being born was the worse and the first mistake I ever made. The doctor didn't spank me, he just slapped me in the face. — Dolly Parton

Is there anyone more insufferable than a self-made man?" I heard Dr. Kimbrough ask. I — Robert Lee Hamady

In the long-run, regrets consist less of bad choices and more of choices not made at all. Little do we realize, those were choices too. — Ryan Lilly

He looked home-made, as though his wife had self-consciously knitted or somehow contrived a husband when she sat alone at night. — Eudora Welty

This is one place an opinion has to be made: that this body is a betrayal. — Dada Bhagwan

... he is a self-made man who has come to worship his creator. — Ross Benson

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. — Frederick Lenz

The self-made man is often proud of a poor job. — Ethel Mumford

No one is self-made — Gary Keller

One is not necessarily made self-centered because he is foolish, but one is very often made foolish because he is self-centered. — Criss Jami

The better part of friendship might be holding one's tongue over the prospect of self-made wreckage. — Barbara Kingsolver

A decade of self-aggrandisement, since his daughter flashed her cunny at the king, has made Boleyn rich and settled and confident. — Hilary Mantel