Hosea Ballou Quotes

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

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

Because I was starting out in my 20's. I wanted to do it on my own. I didn't want to use my dad or have people say I was using him.

Freedom requires us to view people as wanting the opportunity to earn their success.

I don't fight like Mike Tyson. I'm nothing at all like Mike Tyson. I'm out to build my own legacy and not live off anyone else's name.

America's about individuals, not about averages or groups.

Being Sting's daughter hasn't kicked any doors open for me - he has had absolutely nothing to do with my career. It's all been down to me so far, and that's how I want to keep it.

I think what you inherit is not real. I haven't inherited anything. What I have is really mine because I made it myself.

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

Being self-made means doing things your own way - and doing it without any handouts.

I guess that people can't imagine three girls just getting up off the streets and making a career for themselves without someone to help them - which is what we did.

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

I don't believe in legacy. I feel that the 'mega' tag definitely acts as a platform, but after that, it's all on the individual. Legacy does not mean a crown that is passed on; we have to create our own paths.

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.

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

You'll get everything society can give a man. You'll keep all the money. You'll take any fame or honor anyone might want to grant. You'll accept such gratitude as the tenants might feel. And I - I'll take what nobody can give a man, except himself. I will have built Cortlandt. - Howard Roark

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.

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'.

Your on your on with this one babe." "Coward." "Calling me names isn't going to get me in there." -Ranger and Stephanie

True to your own ancestors, therefore true to yourself.

Individualism, the love of enterprise, and the pride in personal freedom, have been deemed by Americans not only as their choicest, but their peculiar and exclusive possessions.

It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.

One mustn't dream of one's future; one must earn it.

Self-Made Men are the men who owe little or nothing to birth, relationship, friendly surroundings; to wealth inherited or to early approved means of education; who are what they are, without the aid of any favoring conditions by which other men usually rise in the world and achieve great results.