self-made
- having succeeded in life unaided: He is a self-made man.
- made by oneself.
Origin of self-made
Examples from the Web for self-made
Contemporary Examples of self-made
In the early years, the big powers were often rough, self-made men such as Jack Warner or Louis B. Mayer.
He was a self-made man, and a self-destroyed man—so he wrote his own punch line.
Harry Shearer on Being Nixon, ‘The Simpsons Movie’ Sequel, and Why Obama Should Return His NobelMarlow Stern
October 21, 2014
We needed him to be wary, absorbed, and a little bit gruff, and he gamely complied, thereby furthering his own self-made legend.
Michael Musto: Lou Reed Made Me A Believer—In Transvestism, Prostitution, and Lou ReedMichael Musto
October 28, 2013
My father was a self-made man as we use the term, but he was more than that – much more.
But Bennett, a religious IDF commander and self-made multimillionaire, failed us miserably on two leadership issues.
Historical Examples of self-made
As a general rule, self-made men are the only well made men.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
The vast majority of them are self-made men who started at the bottom of the ladder.
War TaxationOtto H. Kahn
He was a self-made man and was conscious that he had done a good job.
Keziah CoffinJoseph C. Lincoln
He was the self-made man who had shed the traces of self-making.
The Letter of the ContractBasil King
The mediævals not only had self-government, but their self-government was self-made.
A Short History of EnglandG. K. Chesterton
self-made
- having achieved wealth, status, etc, by one's own efforts
- made by oneself