Self-made men often worship their creator.
A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
[Referring to John Bright:] He is a self made man, and worships his creator.
1st Earl of Beaconsfield
The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there. You don't necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination.
I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.
The self-made man is often proud of a poor job.
I'm proud that I was able to start with nothing, plan it and have it work as perfectly as it did... I sleep clearly every night.
People from all walks of life and all over the world look at me and know my humble beginnings and know that everything I've done has been through hard work. People respect me as a marketer and brand builder.
I came from nothing and achieved humungous fame and fortune. But I worked hard. I had discipline and determination. I had that ice in me.
I'm not motivated by vanity, glory or the quest for power.
People always say, 'How is it to be so successful?' I'm not successful yet. Richard Branson is successful. That's successful. Michael Jackson was successful. U2 was successful. I'm just a guy, doing okay. But I'm a happy guy doing okay.
If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two is stubbornness or determination, and third is sheer luck. You have to have two out of the three. Any two will probably do.
I have had all of the disadvantages required for success.
To be honored by success is to take your life seriously. To humble-talk about it is to take yourself seriously.
Somebody ought to tell him his ambition is showing.
My secret for success? I don't know what the hell success means.
There was a generation of people who moved here to make something of themselves. They had to really struggle and created really something on their own apart from a lot of attention. It was a really exciting time here.
It would take me three or four lifetimes to do everything I want. I'm a Brooklyn boy who learned to hustle, and I have to do something every day or I get the guilties.
Just because I managed to do a little something, I don't want anyone back home to think I got the big head.
I will never give myself the luxury of thinking, 'I've made it.'
When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didn't realize it would take so long.
There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?
There's clearly something to be said for success and following through on your commitments.
I like to think I am the best there is at what I do, and so I have conquered the world like Alexander. But I don't believe I am the reincarnation of Alexander the Great.
There's no explanation for success. Success just comes out of life.
Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
