Billy Graham Quotes

I do believe in self-help.

Since I was 9 years old, I have been working, hustling to find my own projects - from telenovelas to record deals, etc. etc. Way before I met my husband.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

I've always been my own hitting coach.

Someday, when I manage to finally figure out how to take care of myself, then I'll consider taking care of someone else.

My last boyfriend used to always tell me, 'Grow up.' But I say, Why?

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

I wasn't sheltered or spoiled. All the money I made, I made myself.

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.

I love having a boyfriend but need to be secure on my own first.

I know who I am by now. And I am my own brand.

I think a lot of mothers are doing as I am: starting up their own ventures as their children grow older, and having a kind of second blooming.

I mean, I like to think of myself as being strong and independent, but I definitely wasn't like that at 14.

When I think of myself at 15, even 17, I could simply not have done this work on an international level and travel all the time, take care of myself and not feel lost. I feel very happy that this is happening now, and not 10 years ago, as I feel stronger as a person.

My parents instilled a really good work ethic from when I was little - if you want to have money to spend on holidays, you earn it. So I've always been someone who wanted to be able to survive by myself, but I think you have to let down the barriers a little bit - let other people in.

We fitted, amusingly enough, into none of the form categories of 'The Young American Couple'... security to us is in ourselves, and no job, not even money, can give us what we have to develop: faith in our work and hard, hard work, which is Spartan in many ways.

I am a great believer in jobs for teens. They teach important life lessons, build character, and inflict just the right amount of humiliation necessary for future success in the working world.

I want women to learn to find themselves.

I never had a role model. I ended up wanting to be the best version of myself.

Independence was something I really wanted from a young age and I think it really helped me make sense of myself, more so than perhaps say going to university would have done.

Just, always remember that it's important to be your own person, and as you grow up, you start appreciating the things that make you different.

Real power is being able to take care of yourself. My job is to make art, but I aspire to do more than that.

When I was growing up in San Francisco, one of the experiences that changed my life was my first paid internship - a summer job at The Family School.

When you earn your own money you feel much better about yourself.

My journey is self-made because I came from nothing. It's the best feeling now, because I don't really feel like I owe anybody.