Faith Baldwin Quotes

The power of earning is essential to the dignity of a woman

Growing up, I dreamt of being economically independent because I always believed women should be so.

Unless you have financial resources of your own, you can't be free.

I started on a very high note and I was alwasy able to choose. I want to be able to do that until my last breath. And to do that, you have to have money.

To me, money is independence. It gives you freedom to do what you really want to do. It allows you to not be dependent on anyone or anything, and so you can be yourself and follow your passion.

In July, 1892, fate suddenly granted me financial independence.

Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life.

How the sting of poverty, or small means, is gone when one keeps house for one's own comfort and not for the comfort of one's neighbors.

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you.

I came of age believing that, no matter what happened, I would always be able to support myself.

Financial independence is paramount. My mom always says that when a woman is financially independent, she has the ability to live life on her own terms. I think that was the soundest advice that I ever got. No matter where you go in life or who you get married to, you have to be financially independent - whether you use it or not.

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.

This work thing really has a specific purpose for me, which is to be an independent human being who doesn't rely on a guy or a family to be able to support myself. It's not about showing somebody that I'm successful. It's about having a wider breadth of option.

Michael Johnson doesn't pay my bills or sign my cheques. So I don't really care what he has to say.

It's cool having a little bit of money to do your thing.

My mother insists women must have financial independence, which is why I completed my degree in medicine.

I do think, you know, you don't have to have 30 billion, but you have a certain level of freedom.

Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum.

Thank you for making me nouveau riche.

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

Even though I wasn't sure I could make it as an indie, almost immediately I felt as if a weight had been lifted off me. To be as independent as I am and to be able to support myself is incredibly satisfying. Everything I want to do myself, I can.

Money equals freedom.

My relationship with money is that it's a tool to be self-sufficient, but it's not something that is a part of who I am.

Money buys many things... The best of which is freedom.

Even with my divorce and with everything, I don't need money.