It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.
I've always had an enormous sense of independence. But I know that sometimes I can be too independent. It is important to be able to share your life - so that is a work in progress for me.
The reason that so few people are financially independent today is that they place many negative roadblocks in their heads. Becoming wealthy is, in fact, a mind game.
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.
Anybody with a reasonable income can become financially independent in a lifetime.
You like to be independent, but you will need to learn to ask for help. It doesn't make you weak.
I have always been independent.
Even if you're independent, I think you get lonely.
For women especially, it's important to be financially independent.
I've always earned my own money and enjoy being independent. It's how I was brought up.