Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

I have inherited nothing. Everything Ann and I have we have earned the old-fashioned way.

I've earned everything I have; that's the attitude.

The sweet feeling is knowing that nobody gave me anything for free.

The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.

Hard work. Well, that=s all right for people who don=t know how to do anything else. It=s all right for people who aren=t lucky. But once you==re lucky, you don=t have to work for other people. You make them work for you.

Nothing's given in the Rock family.

I started at the bottom. Nobody has given me anything.

My father worked with a first-grade education in this country and managed every single day without a hiccup.

Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can't take steps toward whatever your goal is.

I am a completely self-made person. It's been a tough journey - I learnt on the job, worked 48 hours without sleeping.

Nobody ever gave me anything. Everything I got I had to work for.

My whole life, nothing was handed to me. I had to go out in the world and get it.

Nobody gave me anything. I conquered everything. And I gave them a lot more than they gave me back.

I have come from a background where I haven't had lots of money to put me on the map. I've had to work very hard for what I've got.

Greatness is won, not awarded.

In Northeast Ohio, nothing is given. Everything is earned. You work for what you have.

Life…never gave me a chance to be soft.

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.

No one spends someone elses money as carefully as he spends his own.

Nobody's going to do your life for you. You have to do it yourself, whether you're rich or poor, out of money or raking it in, the beneficiary of ridiculous fortune or terrible injustice. And you have to do it no matter what is true. No matter what is hard. No matter what unjust, sad, sucky things befall you. Self-pity is a dead-end road. You make the choice to drive down it. It's up to you to decide to stay parked there or to turn around and drive out.

If hard work, integrity, thrift, and perseverance have caused you to succeed, then you don't owe anyone an apology for winning.

The bottom line is that if I did it, you can do it. I got rich without the benefit of a college education or a penny of capital but making many errors along the way. I went from being a pauper.. a hippie dropout on the dole, living in a crummy room without the proverbial pot to piss in, without even the money to pay the rent, without a clue as to what to do next.. to being rich...

Life deals from the bottom, sometimes, doesn't it?

Be willing to work for nothing in things you think are stupid. Make work for yourself. Make your own luck. Don't complain. Hopefully, the work will find you if you are ready.

I was educated privately for free because I was a scholarship girl, 100% scholarship girl. I got it on my own merits. I would never dispute that I am a privileged person. Nevertheless, when I started work I made 11 grand a year. I got my book deal on my own, my father didn't write those books for me, I did all of that entirely on my own. I stood for parliament with the amazing support and help of my ex-husband, but it's not something that was handed to me like a peerage. I worked hard and was elected. So my achievements, such as they are, are my own.