Grace Hopper Quotes

I always say, better ask forgiveness than permission.

It is always easier to get forgiveness than permission.

It is easier to apologize than to get permission.

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.

No choice is the wrong choice as long as you make a choice. The only wrong choice is choosing not to make one.

Don't ask permission, just ask forgiveness.

I was always the kid at school who thought it was a good idea to set off the fire alarm. And much as I'm aware that that's a trait which also propels other things which are good, I wish I could just pause and go, 'Is this really what you want to do?'

My original opinion still stands. I don't think he should have put it out.

Apologies are great, but they don't really change anything. You know what does? Action.

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.

He who pardons easily invites offense.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

Bury your mistakes.

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right than to be responsible and wrong.

If officials on the spot commit in good faith an error of judgment, which is worse—to support them or to throw them over?

At some point, people have to come out of the penalty box for the things they have done in the past.

I hope, George, that you know what you're doing.

There is a difference between being bold and being rash.

I can't take it back. I can't take anything back. So I don't regret it.

Indeed, many of life's most fun and pleasurable choices come with potential dangers. It's important for my son to grow up recognizing that what might appear exciting or inviting at first glance could also have eventual negative consequences.

I will think twice in the future about what I post. Probably three times.

Only children believe that apologies fix everything.

I used to always judge other people's mistakes in the mountains. I think a bit differently now. Everybody's gotten away with a mistake or poor decision out there at one point or another, but sometimes it catches up to you, or sometimes you're just plain unlucky.

You've got to live and die by your decisions.

I am a big believer in taking responsibility for your actions. I tell my kids every day to 'own it' - 'it' being whatever they've said or done. At some point in your life, you are in charge. You call the shots. You decide to eat or not eat.