Stop looking for permission from other people to do what you know you are meant to do.

Adam Kirk Smith
About This Quote

As a woman, you know it is your duty to be a mother and a wife, and as a wife you know it is your duty to ensure the happiness of your husband and the family. So what do you do? Do you ask permission of others to do these things? If you do, then you are like the small boy who asked his teacher what he should do with his paper. The teacher said, "You've got to fold it in half." The boy protested that the paper was too big to fold in half, but the teacher insisted. He folded it in half again! And again! Finally, he had folded the paper eight times. Now what did he do with it? He crushed it to pieces! As for us, we are faced with the choice of whether or not we will let someone else's opinion stop us from doing what we want to do.

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