Quotes about Autonomy

While we do control our choice of action, we cannot control the consequences of our choices.

Between stimulus and response is our greatest power—the freedom to choose.

Quality begins with me. And I need to make my own decisions based on carefully selected principles and values.

In the last analysis, as Marilyn Ferguson observed, "No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or by emotional appeal.

No one can hurt me without my consent.

As you become truly independent, you have the foundation for effective interdependence.

No one can hurt you without your consent." In the words of Gandhi, "They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

It means more than merely taking initiative. It means that as human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.

No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or by emotional appeal." If you decide

We are responsible for our own effectiveness, for our own happiness, and ultimately, I would say, for most of our circumstances.

They want other people to be the way they want them to be. They often want to clone them, and they surround themselves with "yes" people—people who won't challenge them, people who are weaker than they.

But much of our current emphasis on independence is a reaction to dependence—to having others control us, define us, use us, and manipulate us.