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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not independently wealthy.
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.
I've always earned my own money and enjoy being independent. It's how I was brought up.
Where wealth is concerned, individuals aren't stuck in little boxes. You don't start out wealthy, stay wealthy, and end wealthy.
You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.
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.
A lot of wealthy people, they don't realize they have the alternatives of spending the money for good.
Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.
To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.
Anybody with a reasonable income can become financially independent in a lifetime.