Quotes About Autonomy

I've learned that it's important to spend some time in a relationship with yourself and not being defined by your partner.

The liberty to live for self alone becomes in time a weary bondage.

People say, 'Oh, you've sacrificed so much, now's the time to do something for yourself.' I mean, please - that is so wrong. I don't think I've sacrificed one f-king thing.

I am not a huge fan of being around people all the time. I really like being able to leave people.

Each time that you don't know you are choosing, then of those choices you are not the chooser.

Singletons should not have to explain themselves all the time but should have an accepted status — like geisha girls do

You shouldn't rely on others to help you determine what's good and what's bad. In no time at all, you'll simply be under someone else's control.

This is making me crazy. I hate relying on other people to save me, I hate being clingy, I hate it, and every time you show up, I lean on you. - Matilda Scarlet Veronica Betty Vilma Goodnight

I've worked as someone's deputy, and now it's time for me to run something. It's time for me to run my own shop.

I never took much, I never asked for your crutch, Now don't ask for mine.

Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you do not let other people spend it for you.

Be free to do what you want to... before the time is through.

No more relationships ! No more wasting time !No more feelings !

There is a core independence and dignity you get when you control your own time.

I believe that Greenland will achieve independence during the time I am still active in politics.

Every time you pass a law, it is a little bite out of freedom.

William: "I'm sure we can all pull together, sir." Vetinari: "Oh, I do hope not. Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions.

Real men don't use instructions, son. Besides, this is just the manufacturer's opinion on how to put this together.

I didn't want to start relying on what someone else thought was right. It was easier to go away all together.

Thus the radii of all education run together into one center which is called personality.

The only thing over which we have any control whatsoever is the very next decision we make.

She did not doubt that he would help her. But she would not be beholden to such a man. She would fight her own battles, as she always had.

You do not know me. I have no desire either to explain or to justify myself to you.

As I see it, there is room for only one master in my home. It may be unreasonable of me, my dear fellow, but I have always insisted that that master be me.