If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of society-you are not free, whether such permission is granted to you or not. Only a slave acts on permission. A permission is not a right.
You are perfectly entitled to invent your life and to claim that it's true.
The opportunity of a lifetime is to pick yourself. Quit waiting to get picked; quit waiting for someone to give you permission; quit waiting for someone to say you are officially qualified... and pick yourself.
Never let anyone define you. You are the only person who defines you. No one can speak for you. Only you speak for you. You are your only voice.
It may be called the Master Passion, the hunger for self-approval.
Nobody has to give me permission to write.
It’s not about finding your voice, it’s about giving yourself permission to use your voice.
I had to give myself permission to act, then others agreed.
Don't wait for anyone to deputize you or authorize you or empower you. You have to just start out with yourself...and put one foot in front of the other.
The world needs women who stop asking for permission from the principal. Permission to live their lives as they deeply know they often should. I think we still look to authority figures for validation, recognition, permission.
The most critical variable [to becoming a change-maker] is one's willingness to give oneself permission. To break the mental chains that make us small because everyone tells us we cannot.
You either create or allow everything that happens to you.
You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.
