Quotes About Autonomy

Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.

If I am truly to become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian...I not only have to become my own husband, but I need to be my own father, too.

Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken...

What other people think of me is not my business.

They are called, "SELF-worth" and "SELF-esteem" for a reason... we can't let others decide what we are worth, that is so dangerous! Empower yourself!

no man is free until he s a master of himself!!

Never allow others to create your world because if you do, they will always make it too small.

The more you try to please people, the more they get control of you and you'll end up hurting yourself.

Courage is living by the free will that one creates for themselves, not the life of monotony determined by another.

I've always said never let anyone tell you who you are. What I think I mean is never let anyone control how you feel about yourself.

Keep your mind free and independent even when someone wants to imprison your body.

Remember, no one can design your life, only you can do that.

Freedom from a tyrant is easy, but freedom from societal conformity is difficult.

Always act like you are the king of your own world that you created on the day of your birth. Enjoy your kingdom.

Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence!

I imagine that the intelligent people are the ones so intelligent that they don't even need or want to look 'intelligent' anymore.

Genius is independent of situation.

You seem so clear about who you are. So certain that you are just right as you are, that for all your intelligence and maybe in spite of it, you never seem to need a second opinion.

Intelligence and proper education will give you independence of spirit.

Behave like men, and not like witless sheep...

I encourage people to remember that "no" is a complete sentence.

There's a lot of not caring that goes under the name of minding your own business.

The secret of sound education is to get each pupil to learn for himself, instead of instructing him by driving knowledge into him on a stereotyped system.

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.