Quotes About Autonomy

We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.

You must become the master of your life, not its slave.

You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making.

Each person has got a voice inside them. Communicate with it and take hold of it. Do not let it push and shove you around – you are its master!

There is nothing to prove to anyone, just concentrate on your own needs.

Understand that for better or worse, you create your own life.

You are human, so stop acting as if though you are a sheep and start thinking for yourself.

If we let the drama of others' lives become our own, then we are no longer ourselves.

To take control of your life ... just let go!

You are the custodian of your own happiness. What other people say, do or think does not create a basis for your happiness. It is you who decides your own happiness, just like forgiveness.

No matter what tight corner I was in, I was capable of getting myself out of it … not God!

If you cannot get a job then make a living for yourself.

If we let the drama of others' lives become our own, then we are no longer ourselves. We become the reflections of others' dramas and their lives, their tragedies, and their misfortunes become our own.

We create ourselves by our choices. —Søren Kierkegaard

I'd rather be wrong on my own than be right on somebody else's say-so.

Freedom includes the right to go to hell, and the right to tell others to do the same.

Intelligence involves a great deal more than the ability to follow rules ( which is what chess-playing program does). It is also the ability to make up the rules for oneself, when they are needed, or to learn new rules through trial and error.

The impossibility of arriving at Truth by giving up your own authority and following the lights of others. Such a path will only lead to an opinion.

Each of you be a light unto yourself; betake yourself to no external refuge. Hold fast to the Truth. Look not for refuge to anyone beside yourself.

As Jessica Lahey writes in her book The Gift of Failure, "The quickest way to kill off your child's interest in a game, topic, or experiment is to impose your will on her learning."9

Mr. McKenna: In the unlikely event that you achieved this of your own accord without any outside assistance, you're to be commended. Otherwise, disregard the accolade.

The art of letting go is simply about personal empowerment. Realizing what you're in charge of, realizing what you control, and more importantly, what you don't control."

Try to create modules that depend little on other modules. Make them detached, as business associates are, rather than attached, as Siamese twins are.

When you reach the point of becoming independent of external events, you're truly free.