Gwyneth Paltrow Quotes

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

I don't get embarrassed.

As long as I can look my family in the face every day, and they know what type of person I am, I'm cool.

I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.

My first job, which I had to take when not more than fifteen, was assistant to a fruit peddler. It seemed all right to me until a little girl told me snootily, 'We never deal with peddler!' Thereupon I resigned, ashamed of what I was doing.

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

I've already got my rent paid, and it's too late in my life for me to go around talking up stuff that I don't like or believe in.

But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.

I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.

My whole goal is to keep my spirit intact. If that doesn't happen, none of this is worth it.

There's nothing I've done which I'm ashamed of or I thought was actually bad.

I don't have any shame.

I know I'm a good person.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

I would rather have honesty and character than prestige and wealth. I can walk and ride the streets of this city, hold my head up, and look all men in the face.

No sir, tho’ I was born and bred in England, I can dare to be poor, which is the only thing now—a—days men are asham’d of.

I have never been ashamed of whatever I do.

I may not be able to keep fighting for money for a living, but I will always have to fight for my dignity, because that's who I am.

Living with integrity means...not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships; asking for what you want and need from others; speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension; behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values; making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.

When they treat you bad, you just got to take care of your pride, no matter what.

I come home that morning, after I been fired, and stood outside my house with my new work shoes on. The shoes my mama paid a month's worth a light bill for. I guess that's when I understood what shame was and the color of it too. Shame ain't black, like dirt, like I always thought it was. Shame be the color of a new white uniform your mother ironed all night to pay for, white without a smudge or a speck a work-dirt on it.

How much you love yourself and how you feel about yourself are directly proportionate to the quality and integrity of your word. When you are impeccable with your word, you feel good; you feel happy and at peace.

It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.

In the end, your integrity is all you've got.

There are some things more important than physical survival. You gotta be able to look at yourself in the mirror.