Valerie Trierweiler Quotes

I've always been the one who struggled financially, so now it's so cool that I can make my own money and do whatever I want with it.

Couples that do save have stronger, more stable, less stressful unions. In other words, you don't want to be fighting about saving; you just want to be saving, period.

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.

We all have pretty much similar dreams, and at the root of all those dreams is being able to be in control of your money.

Financial freedom is very important to me because when that kind of stuff is taken care of, I can just focus on fighting.

Understanding money is part of being independent. You can't be self-sufficient if you're relying on someone else.

I've discovered that I've never had much respect for money, and that has meant that money has ended up ruling me a little bit more than it should have. So I'm trying to learn - at this late stage in life! - to actually control that.

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

I have a fantastic relationship with money. I use it to buy my freedom.

Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.

The key to wealth is not what we earn. It is in what is spent on us.

For me, the biggest thing with money has always been independence - just the biggest.

I should have known growing up and not having any money ever that I should have kept every dollar that I had.

Making money is easy. It is. The difficult thing in life is not making it, it's keeping it.

Now more than ever is the time to really work on learning a money management system that can work, no matter how low things seem right now.

For women especially, it's important to be financially independent.

I'm lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. And that's important because I want to know that I don't have to take an acting job for two or three years if I don't want to and that I'll still be able to make my house and car payments and buy food for my dogs.

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 think that I know the value of a dollar.

When it comes to money, I can earn it.

Of course making money and being able to live life the way one desires is important.

Your life shouldn't necessarily cost exactly how much money you make.

I am damn good with money.

I don't have any contracts, so I don't have to split any money up. That was my main thing - just making sure I'm taking care of myself and taking care of Lil B. Just learning to survive, for myself and as a human in America.

I would fight every month. Think about the finances I would have. That would be financial freedom.