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I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.

Jane Fonda Quotes

American - Actress Born: December 21, 1937

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You don't learn from successes; you don't learn from awards; you don't learn from celebrity; you only learn from wounds and scars and mistakes and failures. And that's the truth. Jane Fonda

Truth, Mistakes, Learn

I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet. Jane Fonda

Life, Confidence, Feet

Instead of drifting along like a leaf in a river, understand who you are and how you come across to people and what kind of an impact you have on the people around you and the community around you and the world, so that when you go out, you can feel you have made a positive difference. Jane Fonda

Positive, Community, River

It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy. - Jane Fonda

It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy. Jane Fonda

Happy, Start, Be Happy

The people who did you wrong or who didn't quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too. Jane Fonda

Forgiveness, Yourself

I am blessed beyond reason with women friends. Jane Fonda

Women, Friends, I Am

I was raised in the '50s. I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered, frankly. Jane Fonda

Father, I Was Raised, Raised

We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that. Jane Fonda

One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go. Jane Fonda

Wisdom, You, Knowing

Parents are supposed to give the child back to herself with love. If they've got duct tape over their eyes because of narcissism, it doesn't happen. Jane Fonda

Love, Eyes, Parents

I remember saying goodbye to my father the night he left to join the Navy. He didn't have to. He was older than other servicemen and had a family to support but he wanted to be a part of the fight against fascism, not just make movies about it. I admired this about him. Jane Fonda

Family, Father, Goodbye

If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education. Jane Fonda

Education, Strategy, Key

The reality is sobering: in the United States one in three girls will become pregnant before age 20, totaling more than 750,000 girls per year. Jane Fonda

Age, Reality, Three

I love mistakes because it's the only way you learn. Jane Fonda

Love, Mistakes, Learn

Some people are surprised that the Republicans are waging a war on women, or that they voted against equal pay for women. I'm not surprised at all. In some ways, it may be a good thing. They're defending the patriarchy, which is a wounded beast! And wounded beasts are always dangerous. Jane Fonda

Women, War, Good

As I started getting older, I realized, 'I'm so happy!' I didn't expect this! I wasn't happy when I was young. Jane Fonda

Happy, Getting Older, Young

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation. Jane Fonda

Words, Thoughts, Control

Emotionality is really easy for me. My father always said that Fondas can cry at a good steak. Jane Fonda

Father, Good, Me

Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people. Jane Fonda

Education, Future, Children

I have people in my life who will say, 'Honey, you're trying too hard.' I like being saucy, but I'm 73 and a half. I'm still trying to find my way between matronly and coltishness. Jane Fonda

Life, People, Trying

Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves, thereby repeating the cycle. Jane Fonda

Health, Children, Parents

Our young people are assets to be cultivated and nurtured; let's begin treating them that way. Jane Fonda

People, Young, Way

I never was a hippie! I went to India because so many friends like Mia Farrow and the Beatles were going there to discover truth. And so I went and trekked through India by myself, but instead of discovering truth, I wanted to join the Peace Corps. Jane Fonda

Peace, Friends, Truth

The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me. Jane Fonda

People, Me, Young

A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. Jane Fonda

Man, Woman, Spring

I'm an assistant storyteller. It's like being a waiter or a gas-station attendant, but I'm waiting on six million people a week, if I'm lucky. Jane Fonda

Week, Waiting, People

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