Quotes About Autonomy

Don't worry about what others can do for you....worry about what you can do for yourself!

I will always believe in myself, follow my own judgment and make my own decisions. Because this is my life, and I'm not living to please others.

The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you, it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts, hence grappling with hard work & with the ability to say I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.

You owe no one no apology for walking away from unpleasant situation. Your peace, honor and Integrity matters.

Don't ever lower your standards for anyone. Self respect is everything.

I have never been contained except I made the prison.

If I am not for myself, who will be?

Stand up on your own two feet , the sooner you learn the better for you.

The greatest form of power is the power to control one's self not the power to control others.

Other people always let you down. So why don't you forget about them and do something for yourself?

I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody.

Take care of yourself, because if you don't nobody else will.

The only person who is gonna be down for you is you

Perhaps everyone has their own variety of choices to make, so why do you even bother making theirs? Do something that's for your own advantage. Make your own choices. Rule your own world.

You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself. The height of a mans success is gauged by his self-mastery: the depth of failure by his self-abandonment. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.

Opinions matter little to those who have a mind of their own.

You have to decide what is best for you and you have to live accordingly. You have to do what is best for yourself and your life, and not what is best for others.

Beauty relies on you, don't wait for someone else to approve.

The greatest virtue that one should try to cultivate is the habit of self-reliance.

No one should ever exhaust your self respect to the point where you lose it completely. Set boundaries so that others may know their restrictions with you. We teach people how to treat us.

The only respect that matters in this world is self-respect.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.