Quotes about Permission

By giving His Chosen People the name "Struggle with God," (in Genesis 35:10, it is God Himself, not just the "divine being" of this chapter) God was not only giving people permission to struggle with Him; He was actually asking us to. Doing so makes our faith authentic. And it is that authenticity which keeps us from turning into religious automatons.

When it comes to leadership, silence is nonverbal communication. It communicates agreement and grants permission by saying, "What you're doing is fine.

When we pester the Lord after He has already clearly shown His will, He may step back and allow us to have our way even though it does not correspond with His original plan. When our hearts are set on a course of action, God will grant us permission, though He knows we will later answer for the course we choose.

If you had permission to do what you really want to do, what would you do?

Women have been trained in our culture and society to ask for what we want instead of taking what we want. We've been really indoctrinated with this culture of permission. I think it's true for women, and I think it's true for people of color. It's historic, and it's unfortunate and has somehow become part of our DNA. But that time has passed.

There are men whose language is strong and defying enough, yet their eyes and their actions ask leave of other men to live.

Paul's suffering was neither corrective nor instructive. It was simply permitted by God so that the gospel might spread to others.

The thing for you is a burial permit. You have only to speak and I will see that you get it.

Sometimes you need permission to remember. There are things locked up inside all of us that we don't think are affecting us but have bearing on our lives every day.

We give the devil permission to punish us because we think his lies are true. When we are tormented because of lies, we need a revelation of the truth of God so that we can break the steel bars of deception.

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

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