work oneself up

He said he had intended to “acknowledge that it is possible to work oneself up from a low social level also into top politics,” according to the BBC.

He said he had intended to "acknowledge that it is possible to work oneself up from a low social level also into top politics".

One cannot make pauses when one thinks it effective, nor alter the stage business to fit one's mood, nor work oneself up to an emotional crescendo one night and not do it the next.

It is easy to work oneself up into a state of pious horror over these offenses," said he, "but they must be considered against their background.

Is it right to work oneself up to such a state for money . . . to suffer like that?