Quotes about Autonomy
We should be men first, and subjects afterward.
- Henry David Thoreau
I desire that there may be as many different persons in the world as possible; but I would have each one, be very careful to find out and pursue his own way, and not his father's or his mother's or his neighbor's instead.
- Henry David Thoreau
I find by my own experience, a few implements, a knife, an axe, a spade, a wheelbarrow, etc., and for the studious, lamplight, stationery, and access to a few books, rank next to necessaries, and can all be obtained at a trifling cost.
- Henry David Thoreau
Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.
- David O. McKay
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
- Stephen Covey
We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.
- Stephen Covey
A smart girl leaves before she is left.
- Marilyn Monroe
My life is a pitiful, mechanical thing without a past, like a little wind-up car, ready to run in any direction someone points me.
- Barbara Kingsolver
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher.
- Elbert Hubbard
Responsibility is the price of freedom.
- Elbert Hubbard
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual you have an obligation to be one.
- Eleanor Roosevelt