#permission

I hated Chris, my brother. I would pull his hair and kick him, until one day my father gave him permission to fight back. I'll be apologizing to him for the rest of my life. ↗

— Stevie Nicks

#back #brother #chris #day #father

I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years. ↗

— Indra Nooyi

#applied #asked #boston #consulting #encouraged

No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#any #ask #below #him #law

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. ↗

— Bishop Robert South

#cannot #care #creates #done #idleness

But I'm learning it's human nature to want the things you can't have. What changes is how you go about pursuing the things you want. When you're a little kid and you're told no, you scream and throw a temper tantrum. When you're a teenager and your parents tell you no, you're old enough to internalize your temper tantrum. But you're smarter and you're sneakier this time around. So you nod and act like you care when they say no, when they tell you who you can be friends with, when they say the know what's best. But then you go behind their backs to do it anyway. Because at some point, you need to start calling the shots. At some point, you need to start believing you know whats best. Or, I thought with a smile, you just stop asking for their permission in the first place. ↗

— Katie Kacvinsky

#parents #permission #change

Change occurs at the edges, without permission. ↗

— Patti Digh

#instincts #permission #take-a-chance #change

A strong gives forgiveness but weak gives permission. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#permission #strong #weak #forgiveness

America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people. ↗

— George W. Bush

#defend #never #our #our people #people