Self Autonomy Quotes

You're not a product of your nature. That is your genetic makeup or your nurture, the things that have happened to you. Of course those things affect you powerfully, but they do not determine you.

I do what I want, when I want, how I want, and because of that, it has taken me so long to grow into an adult human being.

But while I breathe Heaven's air and Heaven looks down on me, And smiles at my best meanings, I remain Mistress of mine own self and mine own soul.

We are the only authority on what is good for us. Once we see this, we feel an enormous peace and freedom.

I've been trying to arrive at a person who is self-defined and able to make my own mistakes rather than having other people make them for me.

He who obeys, does not listen to himself!

When our identity comes from the self, then we keep our energy to ourselves. We feel energetic, we feel powerful, and we experience youthful vigor.

The wise use of your freedom to make your own decisions is crucial to your spiritual growth, now and for eternity.

I will not be a slave to my image, nor will I be a slave to anyone else's interpretations of me.

Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders.

No one can tell you what is right for you except yourself. So start telling yourself what to do. If you blunder for ten years while thinking for yourself, that is rich treasure when compared with living these ten years under the mental domination of another.

I spend a lot of time wondering how to best support the people that I love, because I think sometimes that means getting out of the way. When should I leave them alone to have their own life?

You don't need to explain your dreams. They belong to you.

If I can't be my own, I'd feel better dead

A thoroughly socialized person is one who desires only the rewards that others around him have agreed he should long for - rewards often grafted onto genetically programmed desires.A person who cannot override genetic instructions when necessary is always vulnerable..The solution is to gradually become free of societal rewards and learn how to substitute for them rewards that are under one's own powers.

I have achieved an inner freedom.

I don't owe people anything, and I don't have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to.

Independence is doing what you want to do, knowing that you're happy with the decisions you're making and that it's the best for you.

Some people are going to be happy with my decision, some people aren't... But I must live my life.

You should never give up your inner self.

Human entirety can only be what it is when giving up the addiction to others' ends.

What is right for one soul may not be right for another. It may mean having to stand on your own and do something strange in the eyes of others.

For a moment, off balance, was I annoyed? Anger is always fear, I thought, and fear is always fear of loss. Would I lose myself if he made those choices? It took a second to settle down: I'd lose nothing. They'd be his wishes, not mine, and he's free to live as he wants. The loss would come if I dared force him, tried to live for him and me as well. There'd be disaster worse than life on a bar stool.

I don't have anyone curbing my instincts, doing anything destructive to my self opinion.

When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else … you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being.