Quotes About Autonomy

Daily Law: It is simple: depending on others is misery; depending on yourself is power.

Recuerda mantener distancia emocional y física. Esto te permitirá llorar y reír a voluntad, y proyectar autosuficiencia; y con tal desapego, podrás jugar con las emociones de la gente como si tocaras un piano.

My policy is to have no policy. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1809–1865

To resist this downward pull that groups inevitably exert on us, we must conduct a kind of experiment in human nature with a simple goal in mind—to develop the ability to detach ourselves from the group and create some mental space for true independent thinking.

The person in peak-experiences feels himself, more than other times, to be the responsible, active, creating center of his activities and of his perceptions. He feels more like a prime-mover, more self-determined (rather than caused, determined, helpless, dependent, passive, weak, bossed). He feels himself to be his own boss, fully responsible, fully volitional, with more free-will than at other times, master of his fate, an agent. —Abraham Maslow

We are entering a world in which we can rely less and less upon the state, the corporation, or family or friends to help and protect us. It is a globalized, harshly competitive environment. We must learn to develop ourselves.

It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself.

the ability to reason on your own, your most prized possession as a human.

Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define if for you.

The key in life is to always be willing to walk away.

Depend on your own arms.

There is nothing worse than feeling dependent on other people. Dependency makes you vulnerable to all kinds of emotions—betrayal, disappointment, frustration—that play havoc with your mental balance.

If your orders are vague and halfhearted, by the time they reach the field they will be meaningless. Let people work unsupervised and they will revert to their natural selfishness: they will see in your orders what they want to see, and their behavior will promote their own interests.

It is impossible for anyone to be responsible for another person's behavior. The most you or any leader can do is to encourage each one to be responsible for himself.

The first principle of freedom is the right to go to hell in your own handbasket.

I know that I am free because I alone am responsible for everything that I do.

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible.

Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.

The best management is sometimes less management or no management at all. William Coyne, who led 3M's Research and Development efforts for over a decade, believed a big part of his job was to leave his people alone and protect them from other curious executives. As he put it: 'After you plant a seed in the ground, you don't dig it up every week to see how it is doing.

The third phase is referred to as the autonomous phase. During this phase, the teacher can perform the strategy with little conscious thought and can, therefore, attend to other issues while performing the strategy.

Some men […] choose to seek greatness, while others are forced to it. It is always better to choose than to be forced. A man who is forced is never completely his own master. He must dance on the strings of those who forced him.

He did not think anyone needed to look after Nynaeve; around Nynaeve, to his mind, other people needed someone to look after them.

No. Please do not name either child after me, Elayne. Let them live their own lives. My shadow will be long enough as it is.' -Rand

Domon would learn; even when a woman needed help, if she did not want it, she made you pay for giving it.