Adrienne Bailon Quotes

I just want to make it very clear that I come from very humble beginnings, and I worked for everything!

I'm a simple man. Grew up in a small town. Came from humble beginnings. No silver spoon.

I came from nothing really to something; I came from the gutter to making the gutters.

America is fascinated with seeing people have nothing and turn it to something.

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.

I've had the school of hard knocks, and I've worked my way up to be the governor of this great state of Connecticut.

When people see what I have now, they have no idea of where I came from and how I didn't have anything growing up.

My story, is how a kid that's born into really destitute poverty on a little dirt road in Florida winds up in one of the largest bands in history.

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

My father couldn't speak English when he went to the first grade and I had to work in a factory over Christmas and summer vacations. And I think that's the American way and one of the things that excites me about this race is that pretty much everything I've done I've started at the bottom and been able to finish at the top.

When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis.

I was the epitome of rags to riches.

I was in the heart and soul of Baltimore. I definitely felt a connection to the people. They're really hard-working people that want to have a better life. And I saw the struggle that exists there.

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.

My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way she got out of poverty was through education. My dad grew up without a dad, with very little and he also made his way out through education.

I have no credentials. I have no money. I literally come from a poor place. I was a servant. I dropped out of college. The next thing you know I'm writing for the 'New Yorker,' I have this sort of life, and it must seem annoying to people.

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

It would be hard to find a more compelling example of the American dream than Alberto Gonzales.

A Texas girl who grew up in terrible poverty, I ended up leading a pretty glamorous life.

If you're from a poor background, you have to work even harder. But that's what makes you who you are.

Where else can a guy like me make it? Blind and poor---only in America.

I am not a product of privilege, I am a product of opportunity

I did not grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth.

I am extremely proud of my rags-to-riches story. It's fun to be a misfit or an underdog if you acknowledge your gifts and befriend your obstacles.

I have spent some time talking to Rex Tillerson. He's an amazing human being. He's an American success story, not just in his business life. He's a rags-to-riches success story. He stated working at 8, lived in a one-bedroom house until the time he went to college, and grew to become the CEO of one of the world's largest companies.