Self Made Quotes

“Contrary to popular opinion, leadership is not a reserved position for a particular group of people who were elected or appointed, ordained or enthroned. Leadership is self-made, self-retained, self-inculcated and then exposed through a faithful, sincere and examplary life.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“Self-leaders are still true leaders even if they have no known followers. True leaders inspire by the influence of their characters and general self-made brands. Leadership is defined by the virtues of one's behaviour.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“In reality, all men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives trying to create a masterpiece.”
― Eddie Murphy

“His father was self-made, but his mother was constructed by others, and such edifices are notoriously fragile.”
― Margaret Atwood

“Self-leaders do not look for followers because they are busily pursuing their influencial dreams that followers will trace and ask for. Followers look for influence and that can be obtained from self-leaders.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“A young child is a leader to an elderly person once his purpose has a faithful, sincere and trustworthy influence on people. Leadership is not restricted to position and age; it is self-made and influencial. Everyone has this self-leadership quality.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“You can be in your room and lead people. Just develop your potentials and publicize them and you will see people looking for your product. That is influence; self-made leaders do not look for followers. Followers look for them.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“The truth is - no matter how “self-made” you think you are, you are really made by many who have invested in your life.
Be known as a thankful and grateful person… and be known as the person that is investing in others to build them up, as well. It’s your way of paying back the debt that others have invested in you.”
― Josh Hatcher, Manlihood: The 12 Pillars of Masculinity

“When you fail to be your own boss,
You are giving somebody else the contract.”
― Richard Marcel I.

“The concept of leadership is abused by people who think a person becomes a leader when he grows grey hair, put into a position and expected to function. Everyone has a leadership potential carried within in a specific area of his or purpose. Leadership is universal and built on trust.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“Leadership is self-made. People who have deliberately decided to become problems solver lead better.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts

“There are no self made heroes or leaders. No matter how rugged or self assured, everyone requires a cast of players - friends, mentors, lovers, critics, villains and supporters - who call, invite, seduce, goad and encourage them to finally step into their true power.
We are all heroes and leaders in some way, and we all need each other.”
― Jacob Nordby

“Life is actually a self made web of fate.”
― Steven Redhead, Life Is Simply A Game

“It must be wonderful to be you, Dominic, and know that you alone have shaped yourself. It must be even more wonderful for other people, your mother and even God Himself for all I know, to know that. It absolves them of a terrible responsibility.”
― jayne bauling, Matching Pair

“The book of destiny is the being who doesn't believe in destiny.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulldozer on Duty

“What shall I do to be forever know,
And make the Age to come my own?
I shall like Beasts or Common People dy,
Unless you write my Elegy;
Whilst others great by being born are grown,
Their Mothers Labour, not their own.
In this scale Gold, in th' other Fame does ly,
The weight of that mounts this so high.
These men are Fortunes Jewels, moulded bright; Brought forth with their own fire and light.
If I, her vulgar stone for either look,
Out of my self it must be strook.”
― Abraham Cowley, The Poems of Abraham Cowley

“What shall I do to be forever known,
And make the Age to come my own?
I shall like Beasts or Common People dy,
Unless you write my Elegy;
Whilst others great by being born are grown,
Their Mothers Labour, not their own.
In this scale Gold, in th' other Fame does ly,
The weight of that mounts this so high.
These men are Fortunes Jewels, moulded bright;
Brought forth with their own fire and light.
If I, her vulgar stone for either look,
Out of my self it must be strook.”
― Abraham Cowley, The Poems of Abraham Cowley

“We need the assistance of others to be born into this world and to leave it. Any success between those two points is a result of similar cooperation. 'Self-made' people can't claim all credit for themselves.”
― Stewart Stafford

“Opportunities,
contrary to popular belief,
do not fall from the sky.
We create them.
I appreciate effort invested.
I like my food homemade
and my people self-made.”
― Petra Poje - Keeper of The Eye

“Wealth that can last generations can now be attained in the shortest time ever in history.”
― Jay Samit, Future-Proofing You: Twelve Truths for Creating Opportunity, Maximizing Wealth, and Controlling your Destiny in an Uncertain World

“When your glorious lifestyle comes from your own earnings, even then being humble is a quality you must practice.”
― Sarvesh Jain

“He was a tall, energetic, self-made man who had taught himself accountancy and banking through correspondence courses and had risen to his present position in the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation on his own merits, having neither relatives to give him a push nor money to buy promotion.”
― Kuan Yew Lee

“At the end of the day, whether consciously or unconsciously, we've all chosen the path that led us here.”
― Geoffrey Ocaya

“A self-made leader grows with merit and lets the meritorious grow.”
― Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma, Modified Leadership

“A self-made struggling person is a lot better than the one living a fake life successfully.”
― Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma, 10 GOLDEN Steps of Life

“Naskar is made by Naskar alone, not an industry or benefactor.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Success often breeds arrogance by tricking you into believing you did it all on your own. The truth is that not a single person is truly self made. Someone, somewhere helped you along the way. Remain grateful to those who opened their doors for you when everyone else shut them in your face”
― Anubhav Srivastava, Inspirational Sayings: Get Super Motivated and Achieve Amazing Success through Inspirational Sayings!

“Being Self Made is a lie if it's crafted as a story sold to people.

It is an illusion for those who sincerely believe they are self-made.

No one is self-made.

You didn't choose the family you were born in, the economic class you were born in, the country you were born in, the era you were born in, the intelligence level you have, the special talent you are born with, the early education you got, the mentoring you received, your level of ambition, your macro-economic environment, being at the right place at the right time or generally having unexpected things turn in your favor.

I will argue that even if you say you came from an extremely poor background and have worked extremely hard to achieve your success and you deserve 100 percent credit, even that is a partially false statement, as you have been lucky to see your hard work pay off (in some cases, exponentially)”
― Anubhav Srivastava, UnLearn: A Practical Guide to Business and Life

“Everybody at some point needed the support of someone or the embrace of someone. Someone who would open the door for them when nobody else did. Someone who pushed them up the ladder while everybody else was trying to pull them down. Whether you realize this or not, whatever you will achieve out of life will never be out of your efforts alone.”
― Anubhav Srivastava, UnLearn: A Practical Guide to Business and Life

“He had made his way on his own and didn’t have much respect for those who, under perfect circumstances, were unable to.”
― Christine Rice, Swarm Theory