Alexander Lukashenko Quotes

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.

Finding that financial independence away from a broken relationship is probably one of the most powerful places a woman can get to.

To me, I don't have any problems. I don't have economic problems. I have an independent life.

Money equals freedom.

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 never wanted to rely on my family for 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.

I'm for economic independence.

My mom always told me one of the reasons that she was really happy in her life was that, if Dad never worked again, she was confident that she could support the family.

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

There's a lot of freedom in having nothing. You don't have responsibility. You have nobody to answer to. But I'd rather deal without the poverty.

Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.

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.

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

There are times I think it might be nice to have deep-pocketed limited partners to provide me with some cushion. But I enjoy having no responsibilities except to myself, financially.

We will plant our flag on the hill of economic security.

I wasn't terribly short of money. I just decided I didn't ever want to worry where my next dollar was coming from. I'm not anti-American. I wave the flag as much as anybody else.

Independence feels like a luxury, where the reality is that it's hard to survive financially for so many people out there.

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

If a woman is financially independent, she can definitely make a bigger contribution in making big decisions and contribute much more. If a woman is financially independent, she can pursue her interests, too.

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

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.

Fundamentally, the solution to economic insecurity is economic prosperity - an achievable goal. But for anyone who has grown up without financial security, there's a shadow that lies over even those who move towards independence: lack of financial literacy.

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

For money, I can buy one thing: I buy freedom.