Quotes About Autonomy

When you hire amazing people and give them freedom, they do amazing stuff. And

If your agenda is set by someone else and it doesn't lead you where you want to go, why is it your agenda?

Excellence isn't about working extra hard to do what you're told. It's about taking the initiative to do work you decide is worth doing.

The craftsman and the artist say, "Here, I made this." The workingman is asked to follow instructions.

The Bhagavad-Gita says, "It is better to follow your own path, however imperfectly, than to follow someone else's perfectly.

Some artists think they need a boss. Someone who will not only pay them, but also tell them what to do. The moment this happens, the artist is no longer an artist.

People want to be told what to do because they are afraid (petrified) of figuring it out for themselves.

It's okay to have someone you work for, someone who watches over you, someone who pays you. But the moment you treat that person like a boss, like someone in charge of your movements and your output, you are a cog, not an artist.

There are no longer any great jobs where someone else tells you precisely what to do

There's no such thing as mandatory education. It's almost impossible to teach people against their will.

It can be difficult sometimes for our families to accept us as people separate from who they are. As separate souls. When we're young, we're taught to behave as our parents do—to cherish what they cherish and believe what they believe. And for a while, that's as it should be. But as adults, sometimes we have our own desires, our own hopes, that are at odds with how our parents view the world.

A person isn't a bird. You can't cage a person.

The intelligent, autonomous, aspiring young woman with a mind of her own, her own wishes, desires and ambitions, is an individual most Indian men cannot come to terms with.

To accept people as one finds them, to allow them to be and become what they choose, and to encourage them to do whatever they like (so long as it does

To accept people as one finds them, to allow them to be and become what they choose, and to encourage them to do whatever they like (so long as it does not harm others) is my natural instinct.

He's just my brother now and not my hero. I will not try to be like him. So, then who am I supposed to be like?

Me ha hablado de la presión social, lo que por lo visto quiere decir dejar que los demás te dirijan la vida.

She'd wanted to completely shave her head: I don't want long hair, I don't want short hair, I don't want hair at all, and I don't want to be a girl or a boy, I want to be a yellow and orange leaf some little kid picks up and pastes in his scrapbook.

You need to modulate that unwarranted ire, buddy. I'm not your 'ho and you ain't my pimp

I don't like this, Artemis. I'm not a dog to be chained outside your house because you're afraid I'll piss on your rug. (Acheron)

Since when the hell do I answer to you? I don't even know you, hence it's none of your damned business. (Spawn) 'Well, someone hadn't taken his personality pills for the night.' (Wulf)

Why didn't you come tell me he was heading out alone? (Kat) 'Cause he does it all the time. Didn't think anything about it. But now that you're here I'll make sure and keep you updated on everything he does. That way you can cut his meat up for dinner and help him tie his shoes and use the potty, too. (Damien)

I prefer to work alone – except in the bedroom. (Steele)

Do I look like one-stop shopping for solving your problems?" – Evalle