Quotes About Autonomy

Mit einem Worte: durch die Wissenschaftslehre kommt der Geist des Menschen zu sich selbst, und ruht von nun an auf sich selbst, ohne fremde Hülfe, und wird seiner selbst durchaus mächtig, wie der Tänzer seiner Füße, oder der Fechter seiner Hände.

the top causes of stress in the U.S. have been identified by scientists at Stanford Graduate School of Business in a major study. They are "a lack of health insurance, the constant threat of lay-offs, lack of discretion and autonomy in decision-making, long working hours, low levels of organizational justice, and unrealistic demands.

Let Grow is based on the idea that if children are going to become adults who can make their own decisions and pay attention, they need to experience increasing levels of freedom and independence throughout their childhood.

If you worked in the civil service and you had a higher degree of control10 over your work, you were a lot less likely to become depressed or develop severe emotional distress than people working at the same pay level, with the same status, in the same office, as people with a lower degree of control over their work.

If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord.

What government is the best -- That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

In limitations he first shows himself the master,And the law can only bring us freedom.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!

If I love you, is that any of your business?

Everything that frees our spirit without giving us control of ourselves is ruinous.

Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us mastery over ourselves is destructive.

No one is more of a slave than he who thinks himself free without being so.

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

Life is fairer when individuals are free to make their own decisions

When we are born, when we enter this world, it is as if we signed a pact for the rest of our life, but a day may come when we will ask ourselves Who signed this on my behalf?

There is something really nice about learning that you can take the reins of your life and your career.

In my work I have complete control, but about my life, I don't want to.

Choice impacts virtually every element of our life.