Quotes About Self-employment

Interestingly, self-employed people make up less than 20 percent of the workers in America but account for two-thirds of the millionaires.

In general, the longer the average member of an ancestry group has been in America, the more likely he or she will become fully socialized to our high-consumption lifestyle. There is another reason. First-generation Americans tend to be self-employed. Self-employment is a major positive correlate of wealth. TABLE

So I have, accordingly, except for eight years, been self-employed.

I never wanted to work for anybody else; I always wanted to be my own boss.

The way to become really wealthy is to start at the top and not at the bottom. Be an entrepreneur and not an employee.

Be an entrepreneur at work. An "entre-ployee." Take control of who you report to, what you do, what you create. Or start a business on the side. Deliver some value—any value—to somebody, anybody, and watch that value compound into a career.

In this new era, you have two choices: become a temp staffer (not a horrible choice) or become an artist-entrepreneur.

The only retirement plan is to choose yourself—to start a business or a platform or a lifestyle that allows you to put big chunks of money away. Some people can say, "Well, I'm just not an entrepreneur.

I always wanted to be independent. I worked at a few odd jobs as a teen and, when I was in my early 20s, I soon realised that I disliked unfair bosses. I knew I was disciplined and motivated, and that I would work best when I was self-employed.

I always had that get-up-and-go to work for myself - I never wanted a nine-to-five job.

I'm an entrepreneur. Entrepreneur? Pepper said the last part like manure. That's just a hustler who pays taxes.

At age 28, I had no retail experience, no consumer marketing experience and no real Internet experience. But I decided I wanted to work for myself. I felt starting a company would enable me to get the responsibility I deserved and that I couldn't do that within the confines of a bigger company.

At the end of drama school, I made a contract with myself: I'd try acting for five years. I was 26. I had already spent eight years working in restaurants and gas stations. So I had seen enough small businesses to understand that that's what acting is: a small business.

I really want to work for myself and build a business from nowhere.

As an adult, the obsessive dynamics of self-employment meant it was impossible for me to take a break. What would happen if I disappeared for a week or two? I would be forgotten. Forever. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity would, doubtless, present itself - and I would miss the chance to seize it.

The only free man," he would say, "is one who doesn't work for anyone else.

People should wake up in the morning and say 'I am not a job seeker, I am a job-creator.

Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go back to work for somebody else.

You don't have to work for a big corporation if you don't want to.

The biggest mistake you could ever make is to think you work for anyone but yourself

You never work for someone else. The truth is someone is paying you to work for yourself.

The unfortunate thing about working for yourself is that you have the worst boss in the world. I work every day of the year except at Christmas, when I work a half day.

I chose busking because I didn't want to be working for someone else. I wanted to work as I am. I feel like you ultimately do have a choice if you have your vision. So, I had a vision forever that I was going to play music. And there was no stopping that.

Ser un emprendedor es estar dispuesto a hacer un trabajo que nadie más quiere hacer [para] poder vivir el resto de tu vida haciendo lo que quieras hacer.»