Permission Quotes

Adolescence is society's permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.

Terri Apter

Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be.

Joy Page

Freedom is coming to mean little more than the right to ask permission.

Joseph Sobran

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

Grace Hopper

This book is pointing the way into it for people that see it as daunting or a mystery. Some people just do it, but others need help with the mindset, permission almost to listen to themselves. Understanding how things work is the key.

Sally Schneider

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.

Ayn Rand

When she became very ill with heart trouble, I saw that it would be impossible for my parents to provide for my studies, and I obtained their permission to go to sea to make a career for myself there.

Fritz Sauckel

Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission.

Arnold Bennett

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same

Nelson Mandela

It is idleness that creates impossibilities; and where people don't care to do anything, they shelter themselves under a permission that it cannot be done.

Robert South

We need to give ourselves permission to act out our dreams and visions, not look for more sensations, more phenomena, but live our strongest dreams - even if it takes a lifetime.

Vijali Hamilton

Who is this Renaissance? Where did he come from? Who gave him permission to cram the Republic with his execrable daubs?

Mark Twain

Why are women immobile? Because so many feel like theyíre waiting for someone to say, ëYouíre good, youíre pretty, I give you permission.

Eve Ensler

If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It’s much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.

Grace Hopper

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.

Marianne Williamson