Quotes About Autonomy

Never let your image of yourself, be painted by someone else.

Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward

You don't have to worry about burning bridges, if you're building your own.

Make choices that take your mind, body, and soul into consideration. You are the only person who knows whats best for you. It's impossible for anyone else to know. No matter how much you share with them, they are not connected to your deepest desires, intuition, hopes and dreams. Always, ALWAYS listen to yourself and what you want first.

The only one who knows what is right for you is you, so even though others don't believe you and your dreams you shouldn't give up and keep trying.

Don't look for someone to complete you, complete yourself or you'll feel empty when they leave.

Life entails being yourself, living your own life in your own way, doing what pleases you and dismissing what disgusts you.

I am free and not governed by your approval to be who you want me to be. I am alas only the person I know suited to me and approved only by me.

Before complaining that you are a slave to another, be sure that you are not a slave to self. Look within;...You will find there, perchance, slavish thoughts, slavish desires, and in your daily life and conduct slavish habits. Conquer these; cease to be a slave to self, and no man will have the power to enslave you.

Some people tell you what you should and shouldn't be. Who said you had to obey them? Who made it a law? Nobody. Don't let anyone else dictate your life. Don't let people speak for you. Speak for yourself and stand by yourself whatever it takes.

Always be true to yourself. Don't live by the opinions or choices of others, but by your own!

These days it's important to be your own best friend. Have your own back, and ride for yourself. Fight for yourself and what you want.

Life is lived successfully if lived by your own standards, not by the standards of others.

Do what you think is right, not what people think is right. In the end, it's you who go through it, not them.

I listen with attention to the judgement of all men; but so far as I can remember, I have followed none but my own

It is up to you to make yourself happy. No one can make you unhappy unless you let them.

There comes a time when you should stop trying to please everyone and just focus on pleasing yourself.

Your life is the fruit of your own doing you have no one to blame but your self

Being alone makes me feel free and more independent. Responsibility is all I own!

No one can depress you. No one can make you anxious. No one can hurt your feelings. No one can make you anything other than what you allow inside.

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

Know that you can trust yourself in all the decisions you make.

You can't trust other people. If it's important, you have to do it yourself

It's your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you