Amrita Singh Quotes

It was really important for me to understand that I needed to provide for myself, and I needed to become a provider for my own family, too.

I never wanted to rely on my family for money.

It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.

I currently live independently without any funded support. I'm educated, and I'm employed. I enjoy paying my taxes and contributing to the economic life of Australia.

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.

I've always been pretty self-sufficient. I never had to borrow money from my mum, even in the early days.

I genuinely have to work - I don't have enough money not to. But the last thing I would want is to be looked after.

People used to call me for donations, and I couldn't relate to that because I have spent most of my life trying to support myself.

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

I'm proud that my clients are working to support themselves and those who depend on them.

Being self-supporting is important to me.

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

People don't really give me much anymore, and for good reason. I have to pay for a lot of stuff now, I can afford a lot more than I ever could before. No one really gives me anything anymore, but it feels good.

I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.

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.

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it.

I left my marriage knowing I'd have to work. I have.

I'm a freelance person, and I've always been able to support myself.

The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.

All I ever wanted to do was be able to pay my rent.

My mom always told me one of the reasons that she was really happy in her life was that, if Dad never worked again, she was confident that she could support the family.

Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.

We have broken the cycle of dependency. People have found out they're better off working.

My perception of life is not to ask Francois Hollande, who isn't the father of my children, to support me financially.

I guess if you're lucky enough not to have to pay your rent, then you or I take much more seriously the kind of work that I do, what it takes for me to leave two teenagers of my own and six stepchildren and a husband and four grandchildren.