Gwyneth Paltrow Quotes

A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives.

Forcing me to figure out how to provide for myself was probably one of the best things my parents ever did for me.

There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own.'

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.

Being self-supporting is important to me.

I'm a teenager, but I'm independent - I have my own apartment, I have my own life. And I think I have learned more than any of those teenagers have in school. I learned to be responsible, leaving my family and coming here alone.

My philosophy is I'm raising future adults, not children.

I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.

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

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

In Ministry, we've only had one message: Think for yourself.

I'm Southern, but I need to be out making my own money, and impacting the world outside of my house.

I pay my own bills. I feel my own pain.

I've always paid my own way, I've never lived off anyone.

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.

I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.

I had a job when I was 10. I started living on my own when I was 17 or 18. I've earned my own money; I've traveled the world. What would I rebel against?

Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own understanding.

I never got one cent from the government or from China so I am very independent.

I don't depend on fighting or the UFC to live my life.

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

I majored in political science and English, but starting from the age of 17, I've paid for everything that I've had in my life. It was a personal choice. My parents would have helped me in any way whatsoever, but for me, you know what? I can make my own way.

Your life must be a progression towards ownership - first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what you produce.

There's nothing free. Stay independent and don't fall.

You should know how to take care of yourself. That's one of the things that I got from my mother most - she always said that if you don't take care of yourself, no one will.