Abraham Lincoln Quotes

When you're by yourself and not with WWE, you are your own business. And I was very successful in that business because of all the lessons I learned.

Part of the American dream is 'I can own my own business, I can control my destiny. I can have the opportunity to work for myself.'

There have been a lot of challenges, but I'm still standing on my own, and it's quite an achievement knowing that I own my own business and created my own success through hard work and vision.

Since I was 9 years old, I have been working, hustling to find my own projects - from telenovelas to record deals, etc. etc. Way before I met my husband.

I wasn't sheltered or spoiled. All the money I made, I made myself.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

I know people think we drive around in these nice cars and we do whatever we want and our parents will pay our credit cards, but that's not the case. Sure, my parents were generous; I got a nice car at 16, but at 18 I was cut off. I've worked really hard. I opened the store myself.

I've always been a workhorse, and I've been supporting myself since I was 15.

The government is not your salvation. The government is not your road to prosperity. Hard work, education will take you far beyond what any government program can ever promise.

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.

It's one thing to donate money. It's a whole other thing to give an opportunity for someone to make his own money.

To me, that's the role of government: not to give people a hand out, but a hand up... giving people the tools to pave their own way to success.

Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.

Of course, my family helped me, my brothers helped me, but after I set up my own office I had to really help myself. Some people seem to think I had an oil well in my garden! It's a nice idea but not true.

The sun of liberty is set; you must light up the candle of industry and economy.

America is still the land of opportunity, and hard work is still a pathway to success.

It's our instinct to want to acquire a better lifestyle for ourselves and our families.

I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it!

I had been an independent entrepreneur from the beginning, and I felt I could do it myself. I didn't want to get a job.

In American history, it's about hard work and self-reliance. It's not about collecting giveaways or being on unemployment forever. That the economy moves ahead for people who are going to work to realize the American dream, own a home, send your kids to college. I think it's the founding cornerstone of America.

Business owners are responsible for themselves.

The self-made man is often proud of a poor job.

The Way I See It: If you're worried about getting a job-or keeping one-start a company of your own. By doing so, you'll reap the rewards of your hard work and you'll only get fired if you fail. This is the land of opportunity. Live in it.

The American Dream is ownership … a house, a car, a vacation home and, even better, your own business

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.