Emilia Fox Quotes

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

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

I've enjoyed the pleasures of working since I was 12 and earned all my own spending money since I was 14.

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

I wasn't sheltered or spoiled. All the money I made, I made myself.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

I'm worth far too much money. I don't need anybody's money.

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.

I always had to have a job in the summer when I was at school. It was about teaching me, and my brother and sisters, a good work ethic and making sure we knew there were no handouts. We had to find our own way in this world.

I've worked since I was 18. I have no trust fund and don't expect anything.

My parents survived the Great Depression and brought me up to live within my means, save some for tomorrow, share and don't be greedy, work hard for the necessities in life knowing that money does not make you better or more important than anyone else. So, extravagance has been bred out of my DNA.

We fitted, amusingly enough, into none of the form categories of 'The Young American Couple'... security to us is in ourselves, and no job, not even money, can give us what we have to develop: faith in our work and hard, hard work, which is Spartan in many ways.

I saw how hard my parents worked, and I didn't want to be a freeloader.

My journey is self-made because I came from nothing. It's the best feeling now, because I don't really feel like I owe anybody.

I believe that being dependent makes you more vulnerable. I believe work is the greatest gift you will ever receive.

The money I've earned has enabled me to keep my life in my own hands. I had a terrific body, and I got paid for using it.

I really get a smile that people think they have a right to even suggest how I give my money away. I have no mandate to give a dime to anybody.

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

Don't depend on a guy for your happiness. You have to live your own life and do your own thing. That's when good things come around - when you do your own thing and you're not worried about a man. It will happen in due time.

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.

If you have to rely on yourself, you try harder, and when you try harder, you feel bigger.

I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

At the end of the day, I don't need to work, and I think it's good that I have the drive and willpower to get up and do something in the morning even though I don't need to.