Jane Fonda Quotes

American - Actress Born: December 21, 1937

See also: Quotes about Jane Fonda

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

Life, Confidence, Feet, My Life, My Own

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

Be Happy, Happy, Start, Never Too Late

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, People, Leaf, River

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, You, Celebrity, Scars

Feminism is not just about women; it's about letting all people lead fuller lives. Jane Fonda

Women, People, Feminism, Lead, Just

If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be productive citizens, we need to not only implement effective programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but we must also help those who have already given birth so that they become effective, nurturing, bonding parents. Jane Fonda

Parents, People, Teen, Help, Poverty

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, Opportunity

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

Children, Health, Parents, Teen, Care

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, People, Know, You

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

Father, Good, Me, Cry, Easy, Said

I took every chance I could to meet with U.S. soldiers. I talked with them and read the books they gave me about the war. I decided I needed to return to my country and join with them - active duty soldiers and Vietnam Veterans in particular - to try and end the war. Jane Fonda

War, End, Me, Chance, Soldiers, Meet

My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes of Wrath,' his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day. Jane Fonda

Father, Childhood, Day, Me, Values, Try

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

Good, Women, War, People, Beast, Equal

I feel like when I was an adolescent, and felt so unworthy of love and so empty, I moved outside of myself. Jane Fonda

Love, Myself, Feel, Outside, Empty, Like

To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power. Jane Fonda

Power, People, Care, You, Human Being

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, Situation, Our

I am blessed beyond reason with women friends. Jane Fonda

Women, Blessed, I Am, Friends, Reason

My love life is wonderful. Jane Fonda

Life, Love, Love Life, Wonderful

I'm vain. My arms are thin, but I'm vain about loose flesh. And so I'm careful that what I wear will show off my best parts, which are my waist and my butt. Jane Fonda

Best, Will, Show Off, Butt, Wear, Off

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, Support, Goodbye, Fight

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, Truth, Myself, Friends, India

I've been accused of being too flexible, too willing to mold myself to men, and that's something I'm constantly working on. Jane Fonda

Myself, Men, Flexible, Working, Being

I always had a penchant for falling in love. Every time I found myself without a mate, I fell into a state of low-sizzling panic. Jane Fonda

Love, Time, Myself, Falling In Love

The only thing I have never known is true intimacy with a man. I absolutely wanted to discover that before dying. Jane Fonda

Man, Dying, True, Never, Only, Discover

Real love and intimacy can be much more possible when you're older. Jane Fonda

Love, Possible, You, Real, More, Older

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

Waiting, People, Week, Lucky, Waiter

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