Rachel Dolezal Quotes

Being self-supporting is important to me.

There wasn't a rich father or rich family that paid for everything that I have right now, so I worked my way.

I've worked since I was 18. I have no trust fund and don't expect anything.

My parents did not pay a cent for my education; they didn't give me a car or furniture - I did that 100% on my own. I had to pay back a lot.

When America's early pioneers first turned their eyes toward the West, they did not demand that somebody take care of them if they got ill or got old. They did not demand maximum pay for minimum work, and even pay for no work at all.

I was born to sell it as a kid. I think it's partially innate, and partly it's because my parents were always very clear: if I needed anything that wasn't a necessity, I was going to have to save my money and buy it myself. That meant not only did I have to buy basketball shoes, but I had to figure out how to pay for college as well.

I was emancipated at 15. I went to school and had a full-time job and apartment, and ever since, I've been on my own, parenting myself.

I don't get handed money - and I never will. I have to work!

I've spent my life supporting myself.

I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

If Americans are reluctant to go on the dole that's because they have a healthy work ethic.

I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.

I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes.

I'm not a trust-fund child. I think my father's got a healthy work ethic, and therefore, I think it just came with the part. You've got to look after yourself.

My son's going to have a job, and if he wants to get a car when he gets his license, he's going to pay for it on his own like I did.

I've always earned my own money and enjoy being independent. It's how I was brought up.

I believe in singing for my supper. I'll never accept a grant because what I do should be able to be founded purely on free enterprise.

I know people think we drive around in these nice cars and we do whatever we want and our parents will pay our credit cards, but that's not the case. Sure, my parents were generous; I got a nice car at 16, but at 18 I was cut off. I've worked really hard. I opened the store myself.

The only method by which people can be supported is out of the effort of those who are earning their own way. We must not create a deterrent to hard work.

I've always been a workhorse, and I've been supporting myself since I was 15.

The American Dream is not being dependent on the federal government for your health care, for your automobile, for your college education, for your student loan on and on and on.

I earn and pay my own way as a great many women do today.

The government is not your salvation. The government is not your road to prosperity. Hard work, education will take you far beyond what any government program can ever promise.

The right to private property meant at the same time the right and duty to be personally concerned about your own well-being, to be personally concerned about your family's income, to be personally concerned about your future. This is hard work.