Saying No Quotes

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.

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

Saying No gains you respect. When you say No, the other person may feel disappointed. But ultimately, they will respect you for taking good care of yourself. And most of all, you'll respect yourself because you are being true to yourself!

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

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

Focusing is all about saying no

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

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.

A dishonest yes is a no to yourself.

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.

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.

God tries to first create a joyous yes inside of you, far more than any kind of no . . . Just saying no is resentful dieting, whereas finding your deeper yes, and eating from that table, is always a spiritual banquet.

I know people are saying they like you. I'm not being insulted or pushed around or anything. People are coming up because they like me. Nevertheless, I can't be everybody's...none of us can. I hate saying no to people.

If someone walked along any high street anywhere in London, and probably anywhere in the country, and looked into a letting agency, they would see a sign saying, 'No benefits here.' In other words, anyone in receipt of a state benefit is not allowed to apply for a private rented flat from that agent.

One of the things I talk a lot about in my work that I try to practice - which is really hard - is in those moments where we're being asked to do things or asked to take over or asked to take care of something, we have to have the courage to choose discomfort over resentment. And to me, a huge part of my authenticity practice has been choosing discomfort and saying no.

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

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.

You're saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.

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

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

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

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

Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone, and the only one who seeks out another. His nature - if that word can be used in reference to man, who has ‘invented’ himself by saying ‘no’ to nature - consists in his longing to realize himself in another. Man is nostalgia and a search for communion. Therefore, when he is aware of himself he is aware of his lack of another, that is, of his solitude.

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

I can sit in the room with the other writers and just keep saying no until there's something I really like or until I come up with something. In that respect the proportion of what's mine and what's other people's is controlled by me. It isn't even fair to talk about.

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."

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.

Innovation means saying 'no' to a thousand things.

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

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

I remember saying to someone when I got one of those ‘don’t do it’ [comments] – I just remember hearing my voice being calm and saying, ‘No, it’s going happen. It’s going to happen. I’m just letting you know.’

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.

Hopeless cases: Executives who assert themselves by saying No when they should say Yes.

When we remember presidents who didn't fulfill their promises - for instance George H.W. Bush saying no new taxes or Barack Obama saying he would close the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay - we remember those because they're the exceptions, not the rule.

I had to take responsibility, even if it meant saying no to an authority figure, because I was the authority on me.

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

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.

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

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.

Let me tell you what's really delicious about this [Donald] Trump announcement they're not gonna prosecute. They're also saying something else. They're saying, "No, we're gonna help [Hillary Clinton] heal."

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

We conservatives don't have a corner on saying no. We're just the ones who say it when it's the right thing to say.

People are afraid of failure - they don't like to work so hard and have people keep saying, 'No.' I think that's what people fear most.

You`ve got James Comey on camera on Capitol Hill saying, - no, it is not much less of an offense than Hillary Clinton. In fact, it is far more serious. It was prosecuted.

We had an eyeball-to-eyeball agreement at a restaurant before I came back that, if I came back, he would never talk to me that way again or I was simply saying no.

I've spent years saying no to things. It's important to be selective with both projects and partners.

Stop saying no offense,” I said, “when you say offensive things. It’s not a free pass.