Quotes about Autonomy

No amount of control will effect a permanent or desirable change in another person. We can sometimes do things that increase the probability that people will want to change, but we can't even guarantee or control that. And

When you're doing what's right for you, it's okay to say it once, simply, and then refuse to discuss anything further.

I do not deserve and will not tolerate abuse or constant mistreatment.

If we absolutely can't feel good about something we're doing, then we shouldn't do it - no matter how charitable it seems. We also shouldn't do things for others that they ought to and are capable or doing for themselves. Other people aren't helpless. Neither are we.

We can evaluate our behavior. We can make decisions about what we need and want. We can figure out what our problems are and what we need to do to solve them.

We were very poor. But between the covers of books I could go anywhere, I could be anybody, I could do anything. I began to read about people of great accomplishment. As I read those stories, I began to see a connecting thread. I began to see that the person who had the most to do with you and what happened to you in life, is you. You make decisions. You decide how much energy you want to put behind that decision.

We are free when, and only when, we allow Him to be in control.

A person cannot be whole in a relationship where he or she feels powerless to make healthy choices.

While those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.

the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery. While those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.

Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

You are free to choose, but you are not free to alter the consequences of your decisions.