Quotes about Autonomy
Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
— Brennan Manning
Let every one mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made.
— Henry David Thoreau
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