Quotes About Autonomy

Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.

That is what freedom is—the power to choose.

Without that knowledge, the world pushes you around.

We must believe in free will. We have no choice. – Isaac Bashevis Singer

If two partners in a relationship work on their own levels of differentiation, their relationship will automatically improve. If even one of the partners works to raise his or her level of differentiation, the relationship will do better over the long term.

Be sure you choose what you believe and know why you believe it, because if you don't choose your beliefs, you may be certain that some belief, and probably not a very credible one, will choose you.

I'd endured his nonsense as long as I was able before telling him that Mrs. Fournier's life was her own business and that if he wished to make himself useful to me he would point out the sights and explain the things I was seeing.

My father... raised me to make up my own mind. The way he did this was by yielding to me when I asked, even when I was foolish. I lived through it; and I know my own mind; and he will do what I ask him.

It was blissful, spending time with someone who would leave you alone. I loved him for it. And I was happy to repay in kind. It had never occurred to me that leaving someone alone could harden into a habit that could become a barrier.

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Success is nothing more than living your life according to your own truth and your own terms.

A person without self-expression is a person without personal freedom.

I stopped needing to be available to everyone all the time

Don't pick up the phone every time it rings. It is there for your convenience, not the convenience of others.

Success lies in being true to yourself—and living life on your own terms.

The highest of all human abilities is the ability each one of us has to choose how we respond to the environment we find ourselves within

Become the CEO of Your Life

Be the CEO of your life" ? Robin S. Sharma

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself

Be the CEO of your life

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

My point is this: never do anything because you have to. The only reason to do something is because you want to and because you know it is the right thing for you to do.

No man is free who is not a master of himself.

No matter how terrifying, they need to decide that the only rules that matter are the ones they write themselves.