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When I first heard this proverb, I could hardly make a connection between the concept of learner autonomy and what its ongoing development might involve in practice. Yet, as I got trained to be a teacher and came into contact with learner autonomy, academically and personally, I came to realize that, in order to become a successful learner and teacher, you have to display autonomous skills as a language learner and teacher. Yes, autonomy is in every single phase of education. In this short article, I ‘ll seek to relate teacher-learner autonomy, simply defined as―the ability to develop appropriate skills, knowledge and attitudes for oneself as a teacher, in cooperation with others‖(Smith, 2003: 1) to a qualitative research study that I carried out with a group of student teachers.