Quotes About Autonomy

The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.

Don't depend too much on anyone.

Many people never grow up. They stay all their lives with a passionate need for external authority and guidance, pretending not to trust their own judgment.

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

If you need somebody you can trust, trust yourself

When we tell people to do their jobs, we get workers. When we trust people to get the job done, we get leaders.

People have been telling me I'm a failure and that I'm doing it all wrong for 20 years now. Never trust anybody when they tell you how your story goes. You know your story. You write your own story.

I don't hire a lot of number-crunchers, and I don't trust fancy marketing surveys. I do my own surveys and draw my own conclusions.

Trust me, there are as many ways of living as there are men, and one is no more fit to lead another, than a bird to lead a fish, or a fish a quadruped.

I love cleaning the house. I'd never have a cleaner - I wouldn't trust them to do it.

We have absolute trust in our employees. In fact, we are partners with them.

The only thing I can really trust is my own self-indulgence.

Trusting too much to others care is the ruin of many.

Sometimes you have to trust grownups, perhaps more so when they are not there to actually supervise you.

Trust in your own beliefs or succumb to the influence of others'.

Will I ever get control of my life? Will I always be shoved back and pushed around by those I trust?

Every man must some time or other be trusted to himself.

I've never had anyone's approval, so I've learned to live without it.

The quest for truth must be carried out by each person individually. It is like breathing, something which no one else can do for us.

He wanted to limit me to his own investigation of who I was . . .

The bitch is an empowered woman who derives tremendous strength from the ability to be an independent thinker, particularly in a world that still teaches women how to be self-abnegating. This woman doesn't live someone else's standards, only her own.

Instead of working so hard to please him, work harder to please yourself…because ultimately, this is what will truly please him.

The best advice I ever heard is, don't take anyone else's advice." There's power in this because it puts you in the conductor's seat, right at "the controls" in your life. It doesn't mean you should stop seeking information or outside input, it just means that you're the one driving. You choose your own destination.

The person who is least dependent on the outcome of the relationship will automatically draw the other person in.