Quotes About Autonomy

It does not pay to be possessive of a man determined to remain free.

I don't need a hero. I was blessed with a large amount of common sense, which is of infinitely more use than a man.

I dislike being held to a set of rules for no reason other than to create the impression of order, whether it exists or not.

I can't be my own mother

Girls do what their mothers tell them. Ladies do what society tells them. Women make up their own minds.

Abdicating-Decision-Making

anything that was aware of its actions was capable of making choices about them.

I miss anonymity. People have a right to disappear if they want to. It's a personal decision, isn't it? Everyone should have autonomy. We owe it to them as fellow human beings to support their decisions, even if we do not agree with them.

I'm not choosing anybody but myself.' Jane was sick of men thinking they could give her ultimatums.

She hated the thought of needing people almost as much as she hated having to reach out to them.

As much as I want to make it easier for you, I know that it'll never take unless you do it all on your own.

She had to start making decisions rather than having life make decisions for her.

The individual who can help himself is precisely the one who wills that authority exist in the world.

Mon plus grand luxe est de n'avoir à me justifier auprès de personne.

Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti.

Everyone should be able to attend to his religious as well as his bodily needs without the police sticking their nose in.

Does the brain control you or are you controlling the brain?

I mean what else is there for a woman to do if she doesn't want to go from the parental to the marital home with nothing in between? 'An educated woman,'Millie amended. 'An educated woman,' Ursula agreed.

she didn't see the point of alcohol, or drugs. People had little enough control over their lives without losing more.

As soon as you can say what you think and not what some other person has thought for you, you are on the way to being a remarkable man.

Free men set themselves free.

The man who masters himself is delivered from the force that binds all creatures.

Man will be what he was born to be: free and independent.

In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.