Quotes About Autonomy

At what point do you no longer need other people to support the decisions you've made about your own reality?

I pride myself on making my own decisions, sir, " she said. "I do not welcome gentlemen making them for me.

If you care about what people think about you, you will end up being their slave. Reject and pull your own rope.

If you live life on your own terms it shouldn't feel like a jail cell.

You have 100% control over yourself, and your life. It is up to you to stop giving your power away, and to decide what you want to be, do, or have...and go after it.

Strong people don't need strong leaders.

Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment. "Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals" (1785)

It takes courage to be the author of your life.

My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you.

Building my career hasn't been attached to my dad. It's been me figuring things out for myself.

I never really saw my dad around when the Iron Maiden and the AC/DC were playing. But he knew what I was doing. I was just absorbing music. So he just kind of left me to my own devices.

I guess if you are making more money than your mom and dad, you can set your own boundaries.

I've always written my own scripts, I really like doing everything from the beginning and taking it all the way through, I've probably learned that from my dad.

I never take it as any real pressure. It's like my son. I only gave him one lesson. When I went to give him the second one he said, 'Oh, I can do that dad.' I said, 'Now you're on your own.'

Single by choice, just not my choice.

I'm not interested in serial dating; I'd honestly rather be single.

Not dating is a choice, not a failure.

When all usefulness is over, when one is assured of an unavoidable and imminent death, it is the simplest of human rights to choose a quick and easy death in place of a slow and horrible one.

From our birth to our death we are all the slaves of suggestion.

Compulsion is the death of friendship.

If you recognize that self-driving cars are going to prevent car accidents, AI will be responsible for reducing one of the leading causes of death in the world.

Illness and death are not optional. Patients have a right to determine how they approach them.

To die at the command of another is to die twice.

The fundamental message: think. If necessary, discuss your orders. Even criticize them. And if you absolutely must—and you better have a good reason—disobey them.4