Ana Patricia Botin Quotes

In my particular instance, I came from a family that didn't have anything. Everything I earned in life I made. Myself. With songs that I wrote.

I worked hard to get where I am. And I started with nothing.

I have worked for everything. I am self-made and proud of it.

No one has ever given me anything. No one gave me a tour card, no one gave me a US tour card, no one gave me a nice house and a Ferrari: I've had to work for every penny I have earned and I'm proud of that.

I want to be an example of a guy who made something of himself out of nothing. A guy who overcame the odds of a tough childhood, who worked hard, who didn't let his surroundings get the best of him and lead him to jail or the graveyard. Where I ended up - being a comedian, a TV star, and a movie actor - might be unique, but my story is not.

There wasn't a rich father or rich family that paid for everything that I have right now, so I worked my way.

I'm a big believer in personal responsibility. My life wasn't always peaches and roses. Where I am today is through a belief in hard work and never saying no.

I've worked hard for my life. No one gave me anything.

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

My journey is self-made because I came from nothing. It's the best feeling now, because I don't really feel like I owe anybody.

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

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

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 never tried to use anything besides my own sweat and blood and talent to get somewhere.

I'm just a kid from Bronx who got lucky.

As his partner on this amazing journey, I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success. He built it.

I never thought of myself as a movie star. I'm just a working girl. A working girl who worked her way to the top - and never fell off.

By indignities men come to dignities.

I came to America, and I made good. It's an old story, but it hasn't been told in a long time. Usually, it's, 'I'm an immigrant, I came here and got persecuted.' My story is I came here, I worked hard, and it worked out all right. So it's still available.

My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.

I'm very inspired by him-it was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.

Mine is a story about a teenage single mother who struggled to keep her young family afloat. It's a story about a young woman who was given a precious opportunity to work her way up in the world. It's a story about resiliency, and sacrifice, and perseverance. And you're damn right it's a true story.

I'm not an overnight sensation. I'm a Texan. And I'm a Texas success story. I am the epitome of hard work and optimism.

My father graduated from high school and didn't go to college and still found his way.

Maybe it's because I came from a small town, but I always did well for myself.