Quotes about Autonomy
We were not designed to be dominated.
— Myles Munroe
Following the herd reduces you to a cow.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
— Paulo Coelho
You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not.
— Isabel Allende
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own.
— Albert Ellis
You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script.
— Oprah Winfrey
Decisions are not up for negotiation.
— Jen Sincero
She went of her own accord,' answered the master; 'she has a right to go if she please. Trouble me no more about her. Hereafter she is only me sister in name: not because I disown her, but because she has disowned me.
— Emily Bronte
And the way to be free is to let go of anything that is not within your control.
— Epictetus
Where are you going to find serenity and independence — in something free, or something enslaved?
— Epictetus
When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn't have to look outside themselves for approval.
— Epictetus
Free is the person who lives as he wishes - And cannot be coerced, impeded, or compelled, whose impulses cannot be thwarted, who always gets what he desires, and never has to experience what he would rather avoid.
— Epictetus