Saying No Quotes

Saying No Quote of the day

Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

I wish we questioned the aid model as much as we are questioning the capitalism model. Sometimes the most generous thing you can do is just say no.

Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.

We believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us.

Here's a vice: I say yes to too many things. I wish I had the guilty pleasure of saying no. My goal is to try to do less, but more fully.

Every woman knows the art of saying no with the lips and yes with the rest

I was really good at saying no. I decided I was just going to say yes to any opportunity that came, no matter how crazy. And it changed my life.

Saying no can be the ultimate self-care.

It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much.

I'm as proud of many of the things we haven't done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things.

It's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that really matter.

Focusing is all about saying no

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

I'm a person who's fine saying 'No.' I like saying to myself, "no gossiping," "no nagging."

Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.

Learn to say no in situations where saying no can be difficult, where it could mean getting fired. Say no anyway, because it could lead you to greater opportunities.

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.

A dishonest yes is a no to yourself.

There are only two words that will always lead you to success. Those words are yes and no. Undoubtedly, you've mastered saying yes. So start practicing saying no. Your goals depend on it!

Learning to "just say no" to emotional reactions isn't repression. Saying no means not engaging the frustration, anger, judgment, or blame. Without engagement, you won't have anything to repress.

Innovation is saying 'no' to 1,000 things.

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.

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

I think 2012 is the year when consumers all around the world start saying no to feature phones and start saying yes to smartphones.

Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial.

To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death.

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.

Women fear endangering men's approval so much, we don't even wait for them to say no. Or else we protect them, even if it means saying no to ourselves.

I'm always tempted to say, 'Nah, that won't work.' But I think you should be willing to try ideas out before saying no. Be open-minded.

I think one manifestation of integrity is holding a grudge. Saying no is a little different. Holding a grudge is the modern equivalent of having standards.

Focus does not mean saying yes, it means saying no.

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

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

Saying 'no' or even 'stop' is the hallmark of the professional you want on your team.

The film industry is about saying 'no' to people, and inherently you cannot take 'no' for an answer.

Choice means saying no to one thing so you can say yes to another.

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

We must at all costs avoid saying no because people prefer those who say yes, and this allows us to survive in hostile territory.

Somebody tells me no, they're not going to keep telling me no, because I'm going to bother them to the point where it's a lot easier for them to say yes than keep saying no.

Some people started to call me "the King of No" because with Daft Punk we were saying "no" to everything.

Just saying no to drugs is like just saying cheer up to a manic depressant

I just try and learn to be a good husband and be a good father before I am a good rock star. That means saying no to certain things that go with the business.

Innovation means saying 'no' to a thousand things.

I'm not saying no to anything, at least as far as reading scripts. I don't care if it's television or films but, personally, I would say I'd like to establish myself more in film.

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

The closest I've ever come to saying "no" is "Not now, we're landing."

Peoples of the Americas are rising once again, saying no to imperialism, saying no to fascism, saying no to intervention - and saying no to death.

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

I need to learn how to start saying no. Like when someone says ‘please stop choking me.’

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.