Synonyms for self-made
self-made

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1. self-madeadjective

   having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts

   "a self-made millionaire"

   Antonyms:
   unsuccessful

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1. List of paraphrases for "self-made":

   home-made, homemade, improvised

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1. Francis Quarles:

   Rather do what is nothing in the purpose than to be idle, that the devil may find thee doing. The bird that sits is easily shot when the fliers escape the fowler. Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all the virtues, and is the self-made sepulcher of a living man.

2. Barack Obama:

   The life of a tall, gangly, self-made Springfield lawyer tells us that a different future is possible, he tells us that there is power in words. He tells us that there is power in conviction, that beneath all the differences of race and region, faith and station, we are one people.

3. Kylie Cosmetics:

   I don't wake up in the morning and look at myself in the mirror, like, ‘Good morning, self-made billionaire.’ But I mean, yeah, it's amazing.

4. Michael Norton:

   It is exacerbated with social media, but being self-made is still partly about leveraging someone else's existing connections and then seeing if you can build on it.

5. Kardashian West:

   I really didn't get it, because she is' self-made' — we are all' self-made,' what, because we came from a family that has had success ? To me, that doesn't really make sense.