“It's easier to ask forgiveness than to beg for permission.”
Lora Leigh (1965) American writer
Source: Lion's Heat
“Change isn't made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.”
Source: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
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“It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.”
Grace Hopper (1906–1992) American computer scientist and United States Navy officer
As quoted in the U.S. Navy's Chips Ahoy magazine (July 1986) <br class="br">As quoted in Built to Learn: The Inside Story of How Rockwell Collins Became a True Learning Organization (2003) by Cliff Purington, Chris Butler, and Sarah Fister Gale, p. 171 <br class="br">The future: Hardware, Software, and People in Carver https://books.google.com/books?id=5Q7uAAAAMAAJ, 1983<br>Actually attested since mid-19th century. <br class="br">Variant: If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission. <br class="br">Variant: That brings me to the most important piece of advice that I can give to all of you: if you've got a good idea, and it's a contribution, I want you to go ahead and DO IT. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission. <br class="br">Source: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/06/19/forgive/
“Don't ask permission. If it does not work, you can apologize later.”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
David Lloyd George (1863–1945) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister <br class="br">Source: Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1919/jul/03/territorial-adjustments#column_1215 in the House of Commons on the Treaty of Versailles (3 July 1919)
“Don't ask the world to change — you change first.”
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer
"The Death of Me", p. 151
Awareness (1992)
Source: Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
Context: Don't ask the world to change — you change first. Then you'll get a good enough look at the world so that you'll be able to change whatever you think ought to be changed. Take the obstruction out of your own eye. If you don't you have lost the right to change anyone or anything. Till you are aware of yourself, you have no right to interfere with anyone else or with the world.
“It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission.”
Christopher Paolini book Eragon
Variant: I always say, better ask forgiveness than permission.
Source: Eragon
“One can never ask anyone to change a feeling.”
Susan Sontag (1933–2004) American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist
Source: As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
