Quotes About Autonomy

I go by my own body type when it comes to fasting, which means that I would not follow some general advice or rule of thumb.

Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.

The question is not whether Tibet should be independent but the extent of the autonomy that it is allowed. Tibet has been firmly ensconced as part of the Chinese empire since the Qing dynasty's military intervention in Tibet in the early 18th century.

I've got to literally write my own ticket.

I was a very independent, successful girl. I made my own money, I bought my own airline tickets. When I got a paycheck, I went to Bergdorf and I bought my own clothes. There were no rock stars buying me my clothes.

I am fearlessly independent. I have the courage to go against the tide and pay a price for my choices.

I'm not a yes person, whether it's about a tie choice or a joke.

I'm pragmatic. I like efficiency. I want to read what's in front of me and not have my hands tied.

I don't think of myself as being tied.

I wouldn't want to take a job that I got tied into for six years - that just doesn't interest me.

Relying on someone else to be successful only ties you down and limits you.

Growing up, my aunts would always put in hair ties and bows and all kinds of stuff, and I always hated it.

I try to avoid political ties.

I think there is a very powerful wish that we all have of being self-contained and having sort of opted out or choosing to remove ourselves from society and to have no ties and no obligations, and even no possessions. To be free in a particular way.

I would not let anybody change me or put me in anything tight or anything 'til I felt it was safe or I felt like it.

In terms of leadership, you've got to allow for people to be amazing and to contribute in a way that's meaningful. You can't hold on so tight that people don't get a chance to do what they do best.

God gave each of us a will-the ability to decide what we are "willing" to do. He did not make us like puppets that can be forced to act in a certain way. Instead, He created us so that we must set the direction of our own hearts and minds. Our attitudes ultimately guide our moment-by-moment choices, as well as the biggest decisions of our lives.

Psychologists suggest that when people are no longer in charge of basic elements of a situation (such as where they sit, or when they go to the restroom), they must give over some degree of control that they normally use to define their independence, and thus themselves.

If everyone approved, there'd be no point to it.

You can be a thousand different women. It's your choice which one you want to be. It's about freedom and sovereignty. You celebrate who you are. You say, 'This is my kingdom.'

He is free who knows how to keep in his own hand the power to decide, at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.

A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings.

It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'

I've been my own man. Ain't nothing richer than that