Alain de Botton Quote

The greatest thing about our times is that you don't need permission to express yourself the way you wish. Sometimes people tell themselves they can't do it, because they're missing this or that, but...

Stand up for yourself.Never give any one permission to abuse you.

Negotiation is permissible for mediocrity not for excellence.

You don't need anybody's permission to prove yourself, just prove yourself.

The power of a thing is not based on the power it actually possesses. Rather, it is much more about the power that we permit it to possess.

Expectations are the shackles that will not permit something to be what it actually is.

When you give yourself permission to communicate what matters to you in every situation you will have peace despite rejection or disapproval. Putting a voice to your soul helps you to let go of the ne...

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

Hearts aren't handcuffs and people aren't prisons. When you feel it's time for you to leave, you leave. You neither need to wait to be released, nor ask for permission.

Though people sort of need your permission to talk to you, they do not really need one to talk about you.