Family Quote by Anna Newell Jones

“The value of autonomy … lies in the scheme of responsibility it creates: autonomy makes each of us responsible for shaping his own life according…

— Atul Gawande

Autonomy... is freedom to develop one's self - to increase one's knowledge, improve one's skills, and achieve responsibility for one's conduct. And it is…

— Thomas Szasz

Autonomy: the urge to direct our own lives. Mastery: the desire to get better and better at something that matters. Purpose: the yearning to…

— Daniel H. Pink

Autonomy is the capacity to act on principles that are one's own and one will exercise this capacity by means of a process of…

— Alison Assiter

Autonomy is the whole thing; it's what unhappy people are missing. They have given the power to run their lives to other people.

— Judith Guest

“The idea of autonomy denies that we are born into a world that existed prior to us. It posits an essential aloneness; an autonomous…

— Matthew B. Crawford

Autonomy means women defining themselves and the values by which they will live, and beginning to think of institutional arrangements which will order their…

— Gerda Lerner

“Your level of autonomy, ability and availability determines how flexible and free you are to make choices.”

— Richie Norton

“(1) Autonomy—the desire to direct our own lives (2) Mastery—the urge to make progress and get better at something that matters (3) Purpose—the yearning…

— Daniel H. Pink

“We want autonomy for ourselves and safety for those we love.”

— Atul Gawande

“True autonomy is preceded by the experience of being dependent. True liberation can be found only beyond the deep ambivalence of infantile dependence.”

— Alice MIller, The Drama of the gifted child

“The autonomy to have a consensual relationship with whoever we love is the ultimate measure of the freedom of a society.”

— Rod Dubey