Quotes about Autonomy

Coercion from outside, strong temperamental inclinations and passions within ourselves, do nothing to effect the essence of our freedom. They simply define its action by imposing certain limits on it.

Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.

People do not belong to others, either. How can the huincas buy and sell people if they do not own them. Sometimes the boy went two or three days without speaking a word, surly, and not eating, and when asked what was the matter, the answer was always the same: There are content days and there are sad days. Each person is a master of his silence.

Exert some independence; you're not a little girl. You can't let anyone else decide things for you. You have to take care of yourself in this world," she said.

There's a difference between being old and being ancient. It doesn't have to do with age, but physical and mental health," Cathy explained. "Those who are old can remain independent, but those who are ancient need help and supervision; there comes a moment when they're like children again.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

Each man is his own absolute lawgiver and dispenser of glory or gloom to himself, the maker of his life, his reward, his punishment.

I would like people to recognize in looking at my story that the person who has the most to do with what happens to you is you. It's not the environment, it's not the other people who were there trying to help you or trying to stop you. It's what you decide to do and how much effort you put behind it.

It should be the right of the individual to decide whether he wants to belong to a union.

Sometimes you want to have a very productive Saturday to feel that you are in control of your life, which of course you are not.

I will write on the pages of history what I want them to say. I will be myself. I will speak my own name.

For any created being, autonomy is lunacy. Freedom involves trust and obedience inside a relationship of love.