Best 55 quotes in «saying no quotes» category

A dishonest yes is a no to yourself.

You don't have to stay committed to something just because you're good at it.

By my monastic life and vows I am saying no to all the concentration camps, the aerial bombardments, the staged political trials, the judicial murders, the racial injustices, the economic tyrannies, and the whole socioeconomic apparatus which seems geared for nothing but global destruction in spite of all its fair words in favor of peace.

but you could also look at it the other way. Like you’re saying no matter how bad things are for you, I can still relate.

Attractions are things we all should be good at saying no to, because our Department of Attraction is arguably the least reliable and productive office in our entire brain.

By doing that [ saying no boots on the ground], she [Hillary Clinton] has empowered the enemy, she's empowered the enemy.

Focus is about saying, No. And the result of that focus is going to be some really great products where the total is much greater than the sum of the parts.

Enjoy saying "no!" but don't make it the wellspring of your vitality.  Be fueled by blood-red yeses.

Everybody, even me, sometimes had to compromise on something, doing things we know to be wrong, and this happens doing whatever job in the world. But a singer must have the courage of saying no.

I have a hard time saying "no" if it's right. I don't say "no" to say "no." I said "no" when I didn't have a pot to piss in. I still said "no" to big money jobs because they didn't make creative sense to me.

I have enjoyed life a lot more by saying "yes" than by sayings "no".

I'm a great believer in life to saying yes and not saying no, and hopefully making people smile and just having fun in life.

I'm a great believer that saying yes is a lot more fun than saying no.

In show business, never underestimate the power of saying "no".

If you believe that saying no will get you shot, well, what a fine way to go.

I do say no to lots of things, actually! I know it doesn't look like it. But I have a tendency to a) be rubbish at saying no, and b) be pushed by some kind of Protestant work ethic.

In the immortal words of Roberto Duran, we are saying, 'No mas!' We will educate students and then promote them, not the reverse

I spend 90 percent of my time saying no, and my accountant yells at me for it, but when I started in this business, I wanted my career to have legs.

Kaeleigh, queen of passive, all the time saying no, but not strong enough to mean it.

Just saying yes because you can't bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.

Of course they were saying: No doping! But as a rider, it's difficult to believe that things can really change from one day to the next.

Oh, see then, the Simi is not in trouble. I just kill the Greek god and all’s fine. (Simi) You can’t kill a Greek god, Simi. It’s not allowed. (Acheron) There you go again, akri, saying no to the Simi. Don’t eat that, Simi. Don’t kill that, Simi. Stay here, Simi. Go to Katoteros, Simi, and wait for me to call you. I don’t like being told no, akri. (Simi)

Part of the skill of saying no is to shut up afterward and not babble on, offering material for an argument.

Saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue

Saying no to something is actually much more powerful than saying yes.

The Republicans underestimated and underestimated and underestimated Donald Trump. And look where that got them. They kept saying, no, no, no, that's not going to happen, we don't have to worry about that.

When you're not confident as a young woman in saying "no" or even saying "yes" necessarily, you don't know which one you're more afraid of in some way. That happens a lot.

When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you are not saying 'no' to yourself.

I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions

Saying "no" has more creative power than ideas, insights and talent combined.

Sometimes, it's just easier to say yes to that extra snack or dessert, because frankly, it is exhausting to keep saying no. It's exhausting to plead with our kids to eat just one more bite of vegetables.

The power of saying no is so much more than the power of saying yes.

What if God’s 'NO,’ is really a gift? His way to protect us from what we cannot see, provide something better than we can imagine, or be part of the process of growing us closer to Him.

When I learn martial arts, my master will have me try a punch for a week and he will keep saying, 'No, you don't have it. No, that's not right.' When he finally says, 'Yes, you did it,' it's a wonderful moment. You worked on it. You got it.

You can never get more by saying "No." You can hold a current position by saying "No", but you can only move forward by saying "Yes.

Coffee is a girl who never tells a boy no.

He wasn't used to people saying no, and Eby felt sorry for him, the way she'd always felt sorry for those who had everything and it still wasn't enough.

Information overload (on all levels) is exactly WHY you need an "ignore list". It has never been more important to be able to say "No

I can’t spend time with people I don’t enjoy. I can’t do it anymore as theater. I make choices, and that’s a beautiful thing about growing up, learning to say no, in a nice way, just say no. I have this friend…we just went different ways in life. Once he came to me and said, “Francis, you don’t like me anymore.” and I said “No, it’s not that I don’t like you, we’ve chosen different styles of life. I still have beautiful souvenirs of all the things we did together and how close we were, but the truth is it’s not that you bore me, but I don’t enjoy talking to you anymore and I don’t want to fight with you but there’s nothing in common between your life and mine nowadays”. I would have never said that but he asked me. So what could I say? I said the truth. Growing up has a bit to do with that, to be able to tell the truth, to show who you are, even if it hurts.

If you really want to be an effective time manager, you will have to learn to say no to other people and do so frequently.

Many survivors have such profound deficiencies in self-protection that they can barely imagine themselves in a position of agency or choice. The idea of saying no to the emotional demands of a parent, spouse, lover or authority figure may be practically inconceivable. Thus, it is not uncommon to find adult survivors who continue to minister to the needs of those who once abused them and who continue to permit major intrusions without boundaries or limits. Adult survivors may nurse their abusers in illness, defend them in adversity, and even, in extreme cases, continue to submit to their sexual demands.

You're saying no ninety-seven times out of a hundred, and most founders find they have to make a very conscious effort to do this.

It takes true courage and real humility to say NO or YES!

It takes effort to say no when our heart and brains and guts and, most important, pride are yearning to say yes. Practice.

Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious.  You get to choose how you use it.  You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won’t accept.

Real freedom is saying 'no' without giving a reason.

NO” is a complete sentence. It does not require an explanation to follow. You can truly answer someone’s request with a simple No.

Sometimes "No" is the kindest word.

Say no to everything, so you can say yes to the one thing.

Silence isn't always agreement. Sometimes people no longer argue because they no longer care.