Quotes About Autonomy

No man is free who is not master of himself.

No one can live without the decisions of their own it seems. So they look to someone else to tell them what to be, tell them what to wear, tell them what to say.

When important issues affecting the life of an individual are decided by somebody else, it makes no difference to the individual whether that somebody else is a king, a dictator, or society at large

"You are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life ... Your entire life ... Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank account, but your soul." ~ Anna Quindlen

"You are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life ... Your entire life ... Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank account, but your soul."

A lot of people don't want to make their own decisions. They're too scared. It's much easier to be told what to do.

I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.

Give people enough guidance to make the decisions you want them to make. Don't tell them what to do, but encourage them to do what is best.

There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

Your life is an island separated from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how many boats you send to other shores or how many ships arrive upon your shores, you yourself are an island separated by its own pains, secluded in its happiness.

I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.

If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life.

By golly, life's too darn short to waste time trying to please every meddlesome moron who's got an idea how I ought to be! I don't need advice! Everyone can just stay out of my face!

Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.

Live your own life, for you will die your own death.

You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

If I was meant to be controlled, I would have came with a remote.

Not everyone will understand your journey. That's fine. It's not their journey to make sense of. It's yours.