Quotes About Autonomy

I don't follow what everybody else does.

Taking care of ourselves, being in charge of our lives, is a way of saying we are worthwhile, an acknowledgement of our self­worth.

Who are you? Who do you wish to be?Why do you live? Why do you want to live? The answers to these questions are all yours to make.

In order to be the master of your life, you must first recognize that you are the rightful master of your brain, its owner and operator." - Ilchi Lee

Si he conseguido ser un ciudadano honrado, quizá sea porque nunca me incliné ante nadie.

Obeying orders just to obey is the mark of a person who has ceased to think.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence!

Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.

A country that relies on aid? Death is better than that. It stops you from achieving your potential, just as colonialism did.

Onze tijd is niet gunstig voor het behoud van het individu.

A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.

A nation's strength ultimately consist in what it can do on its own and not in what it can borrow from other.

Try to live by your own sense of right and wrong. Not in response to someone else's treatment of you.

reset to remind you that you're the one in control of your marriage, not Lizzy.

Because I own my choices. I decided at some point along the way not to care if another person doesn't approve of my choice. I need to know that I think it's the right choice.

One has to manage alone as best one can. (Karin Bergman)

I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.

In this condition of the most devastating humiliation, I still possessed the most precious of liberties, that no-one could take away from me: that of deciding who I wanted to be.

You are a reader, not a cheerleader" (from interview at Lilies and Cannonballs Review)

Sono una prostituta, è vero, però non mi vendo a tutti.

she decided it was better not to have a man in her life than to have a man who wasn't there anyway.

I had lived with Aunt Cordelia too long to enjoy being called "Julie, baby" or "Honeybun" or "Sugar." They were foolish in the first place and rather revoltingly sticky for someone who was strictly a high protein girl.

everyone else in the world