Quotes About Autonomy

A partir de este punto, vea y piense en sí mismo como dueño y señor de su propio destino, absolutamente al mando de su propia vida.

As Henry Ford II said, "Never complain, never explain." No one makes you do anything or feel anything. You are where you are and what you are because you have decided to be there. Everything that you are or ever will be is entirely up to you. If there is any effect in your life that you're not happy about, it is solely up to you to change the causes. You are completely responsible.

We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.

You are where you are and what you are because of yourself, nothing else.

una actividad D es algo que puedes delegar en otra persona. La regla es que debes delegar todo lo posible en otras personas con el objeto de liberar más tiempo para que puedas involucrarte en las actividades A.

am not a consultant; I am an insurant. I don't tell people what to do. I just ask them the hard questions that they need to answer to decide what to do for themselves.

Hasta ahora, ha determinado toda su vida por las elecciones y decisiones que ha hecho o dejado de hacer. Si hay algo en su vida que no le guste, usted es el responsable. Si hay algo de lo que no está contento, a usted le toca dar los pasos necesarios para cambiarlo y mejorarlo de forma que sea más de su gusto.

Trying to control other people and what they think is impossible. We can barely control what we think, how do we expect to control what others think? And

To develop a self one must exercise choice and learn from the consequences of those choices; if the only thing you are taught is to comply, you have little way of knowing what you like and want.

By picking their own punishments, children become more internally driven to avoid them. By choosing their own rewards, children become more intrinsically motivated to achieve them. Let your kids take a greater role in raising themselves.

them the ABCs of meaning. The A is agency—autonomy, freedom, creativity, mastery; the belief that you can impact the world around you. The B is belonging—relationships, community, friends, family; the people that surround and nurture you. The C is cause—a calling, a mission, a direction, a purpose; a transcendent commitment beyond yourself that makes your life worthwhile.

The greatest freedom comes from the greatest strictness.'(Paul Valéry)

God, when will you create a woman who will be fulfilled in herself, a full human being, not anybody's appendage? she prayed desperately.

No one will ever understand you. Realizing this is freedom. No one will ever understand you—not once, not ever. Even at our most understanding, we can only understand our story of who you are. There's no understanding here except your own.

Self-realization is the sweetest thing. It shows us how we are fully responsible for ourselves, and that is where we find our freedom.

If your happiness depends on your children being happy, that makes them your hostages. So stay out of their business, stop using them for your happiness, and be your own happiness. And that way you are the teacher for your children: someone who knows how to live a happy life.

If you are living your life and I am mentally living your life, who is here living mine? We're both over there. Being mentally in your business keeps me from being present in my own. I am separate from myself, wondering why my life doesn't work.

It's not your job to like me. It's mine!

Whose business are my children? Their business! When we're mentally out of our children's business, we have a shot at happiness, and so do they, because finally there's an example in the house.

I am free to choose my own actions. Indeed, like everyone else, I must be so. A good act that is compelled is not goodness at all, but merely force.

If a woman could take care of herself, would she still need a man? Would she even want one? And if she didn't want a man, what kind of woman would she be? Would she even be a woman? Because it seemed if you were a woman, the only thing you were really supposed to want was a man.

I'm certainly not going to put my life on hold for him.

When you're alone, it's easier, she said a little wistfully. You can do what you want. You don't have to go home.

My share. I hate owing anyone anything. Don't you?