Saying Yes Quotes

No matter your age, stage of life, or circumstances, don't forget to dare to dream with God. You don't have to figure anything out. Just keep saying yes to Him, in big ways and small, and watch what He does.

Everything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born.

Your capacity to say "No" determines your capacity to say "Yes" to greater things.

Brokenness is the shattering of my self-will - the absolute surrender of my will to the will of God. It is saying “Yes, Lord!” - no resistance, no chafing, no stubbornness - simply submitting myself to His direction and will in my life.

There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.

One of the most painfully inauthentic ways we show up in our lives sometimes is saying "yes" when we mean "no," and saying "no" when we mean "hell yes."

Essentialism: only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter.

I want to die in my own way. It's my illness, my death, my choice. This is what saying yes means.

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

I am saying yes to criticism, but no to insults.

Stop saying yes out of fear about what others will think about you and say NO out of love for yourself!

The problem with saying yes all the time is that it won't make you Wonder Woman. It'll make you a worn-out woman. And soon you'll find the relationships you treasure most are constantly getting your 'less' instead of your 'best' because of your endless to-do list and overwhelming schedule.

You can only get more in life by saying YES.

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

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

A dishonest yes is a no to yourself.

There is no misery in art. All art is about saying yes, and all art is about its own making.

I was completely broke, so I started saying yes to everything. I said yes to a woman who approached me about shooting the Dracula ballet, even though I felt like I was probably going to sabotage it.

Enlightenment means choosing to dwell in a state of presence rather than in time. It means saying yes to what is.

Madness is never that far away. It's as close as saying yes to the wrong impulse.

I was always getting my way. I was always the guy saying yes or no.

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

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."

Cynics always say no. Saying yes leads to knowledge. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes.

Just say yes and you'll figure it out afterwards.

I've never really done anything to create what has happened. It creates itself. I'm here because it happened. But I didn't do anything to make it happen apart from saying 'Yes'

If sexuality means saying yes to life, then you should be able to remain sexual until the day you die.

Any time an opportunity scares you that much, you should seriously consider saying yes.

We're focused on providing innovations in software, driving the continuous improvement for a much better experience, and there's a lot going on here that speaks to this decade and what's going to happen in this decade. We can kind of sum it up in terms of saying, "Yes, you can."

It seems like the more I live, the more I realize that saying 'yes' is almost never a mistake. If you say no, it might feel safe, but then you end up going nowhere.

This is an attraction based Universe. You cannot say no. You are always saying, 'Yes please, yes please, yes please,' with your attention.

Love is saying yes to belonging.

Saying yes all the time won't make me Wonder Woman. It will make me a worn out woman.

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

After saying yes to Turkey, the EU is having difficulty finding clear and consistent grounds for saying no to other, still more remote candidates - but being in the general vicinity of Europe does seem to be a continuing requirement.

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

Yes, I totally would date a fan! I get this question a lot, but I'm always saying yes.

Although there are real hazards in saying yes to life, they are inconsequential when compared to the regrets that come with saying "no".

Devotion is diligence without assurance. Faith is a way of saying "Yes, I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I embrace in advance what I am presently incapable of understanding.

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

Do not be afraid of what God asks of you! It is worth saying 'yes' to God. In him we find joy.

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

I learned to stop saying yes because I then have to back out. I've been trying to prioritize my health.

Because we have such a deeply grooved conditioning to reject and condemn ourselves, particularly in this culture, I find that emphasis on the word "acceptance" is central in healing. It brings our attention to the possibility of saying yes to what we are experiencing in the moment, and counteracts the conditioning to push away what feels unpleasant or intense or unfamiliar.

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.

Let`s talk conspiracy theories here. All of a sudden today - first of all, it`s the hunger games at this point.All these people, establishment people, whether it`s Bob Dole or others saying yes - you know, Orrin Hatch saying actually, I`d take [Donald] Trump over [Ted]Cruz.

Paradoxically, the toddler's "No" is also a preliminary to his saying yes. It is a sign that he is getting ready to convert his mother's restrictions and prohibitions into the rules for behavior that will belong to him.

My unanticipated success as a sportscaster is a perfect example of the importance of saying yes to yourself, even when you are uncertain.

Destiny is saying yes to the calling we were born with.

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.