Quotes about Autonomy

Nothing can work me damage except myself; the harm that I sustain I carry about with me, and never am a real sufferer but by my own fault.

Living under the tremendous illusion that personal freedoms and freedom of speech are devoid of moral assumptions and responsibilities, we have bankrupted ourselves, so that honor, truth, and morality have been sacrificed at the altar of autonomy and self-worship.

Are we really ever completely our own person or have we been conditioned in ways beyond our own imagination?

Go home, and let all your relatives off the potter's wheel. You are not the potter!

When we are overly concerned with what people think we will be controlled by the thoughts and opinions of other people.

I was afraid to let other make any decisions, because I had no confidence they would be concerned for me.

When people want to hear yes, and you tell them no, they never like it. But those who are truly your friends will give you the freedom to make your own decisions. They

We must learn to say no and not fear the loss of relationships. I have come to the conclusion that if I lose a relationship because I tell someone no, then I really never had a true relationship at all.

You do not have to stay in a bad situation. You get to make a choice, and that choice is 100% yours.

We must take responsibility for ourselves, and stop expecting others to do for us what we should be doing for ourselves... or trusting God to do for us.

don't be overly concerned about what other people think of you and your decisions. Most of them are not thinking about you as much as you might imagine that they are anyway.

People need freedom.