Virginia Woolf Quotes

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

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 don't need YouTube's money. I have my own money.

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.

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 for economic 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.

I feel very lucky that I don't have to rely on a man to give me financial security. That's a big deal.

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.

All men who would obtain freedom must obtain wealth

I don't have luxurious tastes or great needs, but my independence is worth a lot to me.

My security comes from the fact that I've never done a job for money.

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

The one thing I wanted was independence. And I realised to have that independence, you needed financial independence.

I try to go through my life not owing anything to anyone.

You will never have to marry for money. You will never have to depend on anyne but yourself.

Money equals freedom.

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

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.

Being self-supporting is important to me.

I'm really lucky because I found myself in a position where I can do whatever I want to do. I can make records, produce records, make movies, or I can do nothing. I'm not a slave to the dollar.

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

I lived at home till I was 29.

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.

I think people like to think I'm in some way financially dependent on my family - on my dad - but the fact of the matter is I've been emancipated from my father since I was 14 years old. That's something people don't know or understand.