Quotes About Autonomy

Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.

Whenever others disapprove of you, you must disregard them and be the only

I made a promise to myself: I would always remember my parents' wishes, but I would never forget myself.

They say this is what happens if you lack metal. You begin to think as an independent person.

Whenever others disapprove of you, you must disregard them and be the only one to judge your own decisions and actions

Had I not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other people's.

I'm neurotic--in the sense that I live in my world. I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.

I do not need to be a selfless child, or a woman giving to the point of self-annihilation.

Motherhood is a vocation like any other. It should be freely chosen, not imposed upon woman.

I could not live in any of the worlds offered to me — the world of my parents, the world of war, the world of politics. I had to create a world of my own, like a climate, a country, an atmosphere in which I could breathe, reign, and recreate myself when destroyed by living. That, I believe, is the reason for every work of art.

Free thought is a passion; it is much rather the thoughts than ourselves that are free.

Health is your most treasured gift. As long as you have it, you are independent, master of yourself.

Equality makes way for an increased number of free, considered choices, and an increased number of people with access to them. But choice itself isn't the same as equality...

A big tent is great and all, but there has to be a line in the sand, and I'm pretty sure the desire to legislate other women's bodies is it.

Life's greatest gift is the freedom it leaves you to step out of it whenever you choose.

The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.

Knowing how to free oneself is nothing; the difficult thing is knowing how to live with that freedom.

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To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Era, por primera vez, la conciencia de mi propio valer: lo que me apartaba, me distinguía de los demás, eso importaba; lo que nadie sino yo decía y podía decir, eso era lo que tenía que decir.

To know how to free oneself is nothing, the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom. (pp13 - The immoralist)

One doesn't need a lot to be able to live. The great thing is to be free in your work. Ofcourse it's important to print or exhibit, but if that's not possible you are still left with the most important thing of all -- being able to work without asking anybody's permission.

Don't be a slave to any notation;

Grace Hopper: It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.