“A self-made man may prefer a self-made name.”
Granting court permission for Samuel Goldfish to change his name to Samuel Goldwyn, as quoted in Lion's Share by Bosley Crowther (1957).
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American legal scholar, Court of Appeals judge 1872–1961Related quotes
“He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.”
Source: Catch-22
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858)
“Honor is self-esteem made visible in action.”
The Ayn Rand Letter (1971–1976)
Buckingham and Ross 1892, p. 120
His Character
“We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it.”
“Worlds self made are so full of monsters and demons.”
House of Incest (1936)
Source: Peace of Soul (1949), Ch. 5, p. 85
§ 9
Daybreak — Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality (1881)
Context: Who is the most moral man? First, he who obeys the law most frequently, who … is continually inventive in creating opportunities for obeying the law. Then, he who obeys it even in the most difficult cases. The most moral man is he who sacrifices the most to custom. … Self-overcoming is demanded, not on account of any useful consequences it may have for the individual, but so that hegemony of custom and tradition shall be made evident.
“Ego is a self made poison. You earn it but it consumes you.”
Pains and sufferings are pleasurable if hearts are mingled with love and compassion.