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title: "Best Autonomy Proverbs"
description: "Browse 418 Autonomy quotes by 345 authors. Discover the best Autonomy sayings and thoughts."
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> [This objective of getting what we want from other people-or getting them to do what we want them to do-threatens the autonomy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-b-rosenberg/this-objective-of-getting-what-we-want-from-other-people-or-getting/)

[Marshall B. Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-b-rosenberg/)

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> [Self-determination, the autonomy of the individual, asserts itself in the right to race his automobile, to handle his power tools, to buy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-marcuse/self-determination-the-autonomy-of-the-individual-asserts-itself-in/)

[Herbert Marcuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-marcuse/)

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> [Individualism is at once an ethical-psychological concept and an ethical-political one. As an ethical-psychological concept, individualism holds that a human being should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-branden/individualism-is-at-once-an-ethical-psychological-concept-and-an/)

[Nathaniel Branden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-branden/)

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> [An ethic that emphasizes relationship and community can be concerned with protecting the individual's interests, but always with an eye to trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wong/an-ethic-that-emphasizes-relationship-and-community-can-be-concerned/)

[David Wong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wong/)

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> [In Turkey also, for a long time, the military was the decisive force but in the past 10 years they have backed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-turkey-also-for-a-long-time-the-military-was-the-decisive-force/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [“Such journeys have convinced me that it is not always possible to restore one's boundaries after they have been blurred and made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/such-journeys-have-convinced-me-that-it-is-not-always-possible-to/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

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> [“It takes a great personal audacity to question the status quo, to take exception to it, to redefine it, and, ultimately, decide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/becky-vollmer/it-takes-a-great-personal-audacity-to-question-the-status-quo-to-take/)

[Becky Vollmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/becky-vollmer/)

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> [“The struggle is lost from the beginning, long before the victorious party or army conquers state power and ‘betrays’ its promises. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-holloway/the-struggle-is-lost-from-the-beginning-long-before-the-victorious/)

[John Holloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-holloway/)

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> [“In the United States, our concept of liberty has changed drastically from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first century. The change has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-2/in-the-united-states-our-concept-of-liberty-has-changed-drastically/)

[R.C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-2/)

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> [“Free speech is the guardian of individual autonomy, a shield that allows each person to shape their own beliefs and values independent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-william-steven-parker/free-speech-is-the-guardian-of-individual-autonomy-a-shield-that/)

[James William Steven Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-william-steven-parker/)

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> [The twin sister to autonomy and freedom is responsibility and accountability. You cannot have one with out the other. If someone is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cloud/the-twin-sister-to-autonomy-and-freedom-is-responsibility-and/)

[Henry Cloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cloud/)

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> [I wanted to show that women could run, but I also wanted to kind of inspire the idea that ordinary people can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobbi-gibb/i-wanted-to-show-that-women-could-run-but-i-also-wanted-to-kind-of/)

[Bobbi Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobbi-gibb/)

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> ['Feminist comedy,' practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-slick/feminist-comedy-practically-an-oxymoron-had-a-couple-of-good-years/)

[Grace Slick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-slick/)

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> [Artists are looking for a new modernity that would be based on translation: What matters today is to translate the cultural values…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-bourriaud/artists-are-looking-for-a-new-modernity-that-would-be-based-on/)

[Nicolas Bourriaud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-bourriaud/)

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> [“I thought of Bobby, of the last look he had given me, and at that moment I understood one of the differences…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaime-manrique/i-thought-of-bobby-of-the-last-look-he-had-given-me-and-at-that/)

[Jaime Manrique](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaime-manrique/)

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> [“When we set boundaries, we express self-preservation and acknowledge mutual respect and autonomy. Boundaries can help us navigate balance, provide stable grounds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/when-we-set-boundaries-we-express-self-preservation-and-acknowledge/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

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> [“The anarch is (I am simplifying) on the side of gold: it fascinates him, like everything that eludes society. Gold has its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/the-anarch-is-i-am-simplifying-on-the-side-of-gold-it-fascinates-him/)

[Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/)

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> [How you answer the question, whether individuals should be persuaded to live their whole lives in a state of chemical dependency, first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/how-you-answer-the-question-whether-individuals-should-be-persuaded/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

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> [Most teachers have little control over school policy or curriculum or choice of texts or special placement of students, but most have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-kidder/most-teachers-have-little-control-over-school-policy-or-curriculum-or/)

[Tracy Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-kidder/)

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> [“One aim of my field is to relativize the images possessed by individuals, discover in these images the factors universal to all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/one-aim-of-my-field-is-to-relativize-the-images-possessed-by/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“There are people, she once wrote, who think that we cannot rule ourselves because the few times we tried, we failed, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/there-are-people-she-once-wrote-who-think-that-we-cannot-rule/)

[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/)

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> [We could encourage the best qualities of youthfulness - curiosity, adventure, resilience, the capacity for surprising insight simply by being more flexible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/we-could-encourage-the-best-qualities-of-youthfulness-curiosity/)

[John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/)

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> [“In that case,” Bitsy said, trotting busily alongside, “there’s no point in enslaving you through these unnecessarily complex means.  Were I to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-jon-williams/in-that-case-bitsy-said-trotting-busily-alongside-there-s-no-point-in/)

[Walter Jon Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-jon-williams/)

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> [By lying, we deny others a view of the world as it is. Our dishonesty not only influences the choices they make,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/by-lying-we-deny-others-a-view-of-the-world-as-it-is-our-dishonesty/)

[Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/)

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> [The main joy I have in owning or being a part of my own label is the platform I've created to really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-lee/the-main-joy-i-have-in-owning-or-being-a-part-of-my-own-label-is-the/)

[Jennifer Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-lee/)

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> [Autonomy: the urge to direct our own lives. Mastery: the desire to get better and better at something that matters. Purpose: the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-h-pink/autonomy-the-urge-to-direct-our-own-lives-mastery-the-desire-to-get/)

[Daniel H. Pink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-h-pink/)

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> [In a famous Middletown study of Muncie, Indiana, in 1924, mothers were asked to rank the qualities they most desire in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-louv/in-a-famous-middletown-study-of-muncie-indiana-in-1924-mothers-were/)

[Richard Louv](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-louv/)

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> [To overcome the anxieties and depressions of contemporary life, individuals must become independent of the social environment to the degree that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/to-overcome-the-anxieties-and-depressions-of-contemporary-life/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [It is unlikely that someone could proclaim "truths" that are counter to physical laws for very long (for example, that it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-miller/it-is-unlikely-that-someone-could-proclaim-truths-that-are-counter-to/)

[Alice Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-miller/)

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> [You call yourself free? I want to hear your ruling thought and not that you have escaped a yoke. Are you such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/you-call-yourself-free-i-want-to-hear-your-ruling-thought-and-not/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [If you have a disease and suddenly start getting ads for cures for that disease and it's an embarrassing disease - all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/if-you-have-a-disease-and-suddenly-start-getting-ads-for-cures-for/)

[Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/)

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> [Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both women and men participate. It privileges, inter alia, the interests of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashley-judd/patriarchy-is-not-men-patriarchy-is-a-system-in-which-both-women-and/)

[Ashley Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashley-judd/)

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> [Cinema is consistently making a claim to particular memories, histories, ways of life, identities, and values that always presuppose some notion of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-giroux/cinema-is-consistently-making-a-claim-to-particular-memories/)

[Henry Giroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-giroux/)

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> [ It was outrageous that \[Donald Trump\] would be advocating \[that\] women who exercise their constitutional right and have autonomy over their healthcare… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/it-was-outrageous-that-donald-trump-would-be-advocating-that-women/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

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> [If we are to reach certainty and true autonomy of realization, we need to be willing to be heretics. What's more, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-h-almaas/if-we-are-to-reach-certainty-and-true-autonomy-of-realization-we-need/)

[A. H. Almaas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-h-almaas/)

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> [To regard human beings as tools - as instruments - for the use of other human beings is not only unscientific but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-korzybski/to-regard-human-beings-as-tools-as-instruments-for-the-use-of-other/)

[Alfred Korzybski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-korzybski/)

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> [Only a law-order which holds to the primacy of God's law can bring forth true freedom, freedom for justice, truth, and godly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/only-a-law-order-which-holds-to-the-primacy-of-god-s-law-can-bring/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

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> [Because orgasmic sex would lead to women's autonomy, knowing who you are and what we want: Women are not going to follow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-dodson/because-orgasmic-sex-would-lead-to-women-s-autonomy-knowing-who-you/)

[Betty Dodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-dodson/)

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> [Our treatment of both older people and children reflects the value we place on independence and autonomy. We do our best to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mead/our-treatment-of-both-older-people-and-children-reflects-the-value-we/)

[Margaret Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mead/)

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> [“Freedom is essential to the pursuit of happiness. Freedom is essential to artistic evolution and expression. Freedom is essential to the expansion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-e-goodrich/freedom-is-essential-to-the-pursuit-of-happiness-freedom-is-essential/)

[Richelle E. Goodrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-e-goodrich/)

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## Top authors on Autonomy

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-daniel-h-pink-26450.jpg) Daniel H. Pink 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/autonomy/daniel-h-pink/)
- [Richie Norton 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/autonomy/richie-norton/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thom-mayne-90199.jpg) Thom Mayne 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/autonomy/thom-mayne/)

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                        "text": "The twin sister to autonomy and freedom is responsibility and accountability. You cannot have one with out the other. If someone is given an area of responsibility, not only must they be set free to do it, they must also be held accountable for what they do. Accountability clarifies freedom. In the teams and companies where you see boundary confusion, power struggles, control, over-reaching of one's line of responsibility, you will also see lapses in accountability as well.",
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                        "text": "I wanted to show that women could run, but I also wanted to kind of inspire the idea that ordinary people can run. I was like, boy, I feel so good when I run, if everybody could feel like this, this sense of joy and physical well-being and strength and autonomy you have when you run, how much better the world would be, you know?",
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                        "text": "'Feminist comedy,' practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children.",
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                        "text": "Artists are looking for a new modernity that would be based on translation: What matters today is to translate the cultural values of cultural groups and to connect them to the world network. This “reloading process” of modernism according to the twenty-first-century issues could be called altermodernism, a movement connected to the creolisation of cultures and the fight for autonomy, but also the possibility of producing singularities in a more and more standardized world.",
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                        "text": "“I thought of Bobby, of the last look he had given me, and at that moment I understood one of the differences between man and cat: man knows he's going to die, so he can get ready and be willing, even eager, to go. A cat knows the end is near, but that's all. He can't accept death: he can't trust in it; cats are perhaps too metaphysical an entity to need to believe in the idea of a beyond; a cat is his own god and man his creation.”",
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                        "text": "“The anarch is (I am simplifying) on the side of gold: it fascinates him, like everything that eludes society. Gold has its own immeasurable might. It need only show itself, and society with its law and order is in jeopardy. The anarch is on the side of gold : this is not to be construed as a lust for gold. He recognizes gold as the central and immobile power. He loves it, not like Cortez, but like Montezuma, not like Pizarro but like Atahualpa …”",
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                        "text": "Autonomy: the urge to direct our own lives. Mastery: the desire to get better and better at something that matters. Purpose: the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves. These are the building blocks of an entirely new operating system for our businesses.",
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