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Quotes About Autonomy

A man don't always have to eat what he's standing life. If he wants, a man can fix a meal of his own choosing.
~ Nathan McCall, Them
If somebody tells me what to do, I will do my best not to do it.
~ Hiroko Sakai
True independence of character empowers us to act rather than be acted upon.
~ Stephen Covey
Liberty is the result of free individual action,energy and independence.
~ Samuel Smiles
I must have dialogue with the Chinese government, and dialogue requires compromise. Therefore, I'm speaking for genuine self-rule, not for independence.
~ Dalai Lama
What have I to do with plows? I cut another furrow than you see.
~ Henry David Thoreau
One must know how to conserve oneself- the best test of independence.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Swaraj means even under dominion status a capacity to declare independence at will.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
We have a tendency to romanticize independence. Most business literature still views autonomy as a virtue, as though communication, teamwork, and cooperation were lesser values.
~ Keith Ferrazzi
All great enterprises are self-supporting.
~ Henry David Thoreau
I always had a very strong sense of independence.
~ Felicity Jones
We don't celebrate dependence day on the Fourth of July. We celebrate Independence Day.
~ Ronald Reagan
Ah, monsieur, to live in the bosom of the sea! Only there can independence be found! There I recognize no master! There I am free!
~ Jules Verne
Pin your faith to no ones sleeves, haven't you two eyes of your own.
~ Thomas Carlyle
The States are nations.
~ Daniel Webster
I've always had great independence on everything I've done. Nobody's ever told me not to do anything.
~ David Gordon Green
Only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers.
~ Douglas Adams
I'll never Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand As is a man were author of himself And knew no other kin.
~ William Shakespeare
the independence of the artist is one of the great safeguards of the freedom of the human spirit.
~ C. V. Wedgwood
There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character.
~ Frederick William Faber
As long as [our] independence is not achieved, it remains to be achieved.
~ Gaston Miron
We . . . declared our independence 200 years ago, and we are not about to lose it now to paper shufflers and computers.
~ Gerald R. Ford
One has neither independence nor freedom from bondage when he is obligated to others
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
I am not responsible for the successful working of the machinery of society.
~ Henry David Thoreau