Self-Made Quotes

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.

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.

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

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

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