Quotes About Self-direction

My nature is to be linear, and when I'm not, I feel really proud of myself.

I don't like having managers.

I hate being told what to do! Especially by myself!

How much better things would be if we all tried to mold and shape our own thoughts and actions rather than those of others.

We are all the main characters in our stories so we should right the ending of how it should be ourselves.

Let no voice but your own speak to you from the depths. Let no influence but your own raise you in time of peace and time of war. Hear all, but attend only that which concerns you.

The right to figure things out for yourself is the only true freedom everyone shares. Go use it.

From this hour, freedom! Going where I like, my own master.

Do as much as you can on your own. You can't delegate your destination.

You have to make decisions for yourself before you can make decisions with someone.

A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.

It's funny, everything is so much easier when you do it yourself.

My work is whatever I want it to be, and I report to no one regularly. The head librarian -- the man in charge of the University's entire collection -- is a figurehead, well-to-do and poorly read, with whom I have only perfunctory contact.

You simply *must* stop taking advice from other people.

I am free, free in my work, because I do whatever I want. If I don't do something today I will do it tomorrow. I don't have a boss, I am the boss of my own life. I have kept my freedom and I have fought for my freedom.

Unstructured time, a heavy responsibility for self-direction, and high demands for excellence seem to be the common elements in these situations that are easy triggers for addictive behaviors. Procrastination

We prize "freedom to" so much more than "freedom from.