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The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes. -- Tony Blair
Americans are gathering the courage to just say no. We are saying no to addictive consumer lifestyles. We are saying no to wars and corporate takeover and the IMF loans that gobble up people and their resources. -- Cynthia McKinney
Focusing is about saying No. -- Steve Jobs
Innovation is saying 'no' to 1,000 things. -- Steve Jobs
Saying no can be the ultimate self-care. -- Claudia Black
I have enjoyed life a lot more by saying "yes" than by sayings "no". -- Richard Branson
When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you are not saying 'no' to yourself. -- Paulo Coelho
It's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that really matter. -- Scott Belsky
Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough. -- Josh Billings
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. -- Steve Jobs
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. -- Steve Jobs
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. -- Steve Jobs
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! -- Jack Canfield
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. -- Jean Anouilh
During the time I was on The Hardy Boys, I was also watching other people's careers. I thought the next step was to be a movie star. I kept saying no to projects, and offers stopped coming in. I was no longer hot -- Parker Stevenson
And 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. We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important. -- Steve Jobs
To act honestly- even at the risk of saying the unpleasant truth, or of saying no and causing distress to others- if done with intelligence and tact, is the kindest thing to do because it respects our own integrity and acknowledges in others the capacity to be competent and mature. -- Piero Ferrucci
Why is discipline important? Discipline teaches us to operate by principle rather than desire. Saying no to our impulses (even the ones that are not inherently sinful) puts us in control of our appetites rather than vice versa. It deposes our lust and permits truth, virtue, and integrity to rule our minds instead. -- John F. MacArthur Jr.
People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things. -- Steve Jobs
You have a right to say no. Most of us have very weak and flaccid 'no' muscles. We feel guilty for saying no. We get ostracized and challenged for saying no, so we forget it's our choice. Your 'no' muscle has to be built up to get to a place where you can say, 'I don't care if that's what you want. I don't want that. No.' -- Iyanla Vanzant
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! -- Doreen Virtue
I have had to learn about saying no. -- Jaclyn Smith
I have been accused of never saying no. -- William Shatner
There's no point in saying anything but the truth. -- Amy Winehouse
Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial. -- Susie Orbach
I'm not used to saying no to this man on any level. -- Andrea Mackris
But there's no point in looking back and saying I was unlucky. -- Jamie Redknapp
I serve a higher power, Jesus Christ. I make no apologies in saying that. -- Rick Warren
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. -- George Santayana
Oh it's clearly a cover up. I mean, I have no reluctance in saying that. -- Christopher Shays
I was beautiful. Now, because I am old, I take no shame in so saying. -- Lillie Langtry
Saying 'yes' to one thing means saying 'no' to another. That's why decisions can be hard sometimes. -- Sean Covey
The film industry is about saying 'no' to people, and inherently you cannot take 'no' for an answer. -- James Cameron
I don't like saying 'no' to people, and I'm going to have to learn how to say 'no' more. -- Eric Betzig
Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself. -- James Stephens
I think 2012 is the year when consumers all around the world start saying no to feature phones and start saying yes to smartphones. -- Marc Andreessen
No, sir, I'm not saying that charming, witty and warm copy won't sell. I'm just saying I've seen thousands of charming, witty campaigns that didn't sell. -- Rosser Reeves
Saying 'no' is not hard for me; it's scarier for me to say 'yes.' I'm actually more afraid of commitment than of saying 'no.' -- Evangeline Lilly
My shaven head is my way of saying 'I wont take no for an answer,' it is my way of saying 'I believe in my creativity and artistry.' -- Chrisette Michele
Saying no is so heartbreaking. -- Britney Spears
Focusing is all about saying no -- Steve Jobs
Focus is saying no to 1,000 good ideas. -- Steve Jobs
No use saying necessity is making a mistake. -- Mason Cooley
Innovation means saying 'no' to a thousand things. -- Steve Jobs
All my integrity seemed to lie in saying No. -- Susanna Kaysen
It's no good saying one thing and doing another. -- Catherine Cookson
All I'm saying is, kindness don't have no boundaries. -- Kathryn Stockett
In show business, never underestimate the power of saying "no". -- Doc Brown
If you're not saying 'Hell Yeah' about something, say 'No'. -- Derek Sivers
I am saying yes to criticism, but no to insults. -- Recep Tayyip Erdogan
No one ever went broke by saying no too often. -- Harvey Mackay
Focus does not mean saying yes, it means saying no. -- Steve Jobs
No. I'm simply saying that life, uh, finds a way. -- Jeff Goldblum
You won't find a solution by saying there is no problem -- William Rotsler
As a man, I have no problem saying I was hurt. -- Andre Ward
Saying "I love you" makes a demand, but creates no obligations. -- Mason Cooley
Saying no to something is actually much more powerful than saying yes. -- Tom Hanks
No I'm not saying I'm the nicest I just life like it. -- Drake
It's no good saying, 'hold it' to a moment in real life. -- Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things. -- Michael Porter
We'll never survive!" "Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has. -- William Goldman
We cannot say no to temptation without saying yes to something far better. -- Erwin W. Lutzer
The closest I've ever come to saying "no" is "Not now, we're landing." -- Sam Malone
Learn to say no, with an eye to saying yes to something else. -- Mireille Guiliano
Saying the words that come from knowledge is no sign of having it. -- Aristotle
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No matter what you wear, not everyone is going to understand what you're saying. -- Heidi Julavits
There is no shame in my saying that we all want to be loved. -- Sean Penn
Hopeless cases: Executives who assert themselves by saying No when they should say Yes. -- Malcolm Forbes
You know that old saying. Once you go dead, no one's better in bed. -- Jeaniene Frost
Choice means saying no to one thing so you can say yes to another. -- Dan Millman
Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities. -- Seth Godin
Just saying no to drugs is like just saying cheer up to a manic depressant -- Steven Tyler
I am much better at saying how I feel when I no longer feel it. -- Jeanette Winterson
I was always getting my way. I was always the guy saying yes or no. -- Richard Patrick
When a manager asks for hard data, that's usually just his way of saying no. -- Ward Cunningham
I'm a great believer that saying yes is a lot more fun than saying no. -- Richard Branson
The power of saying no is so much more than the power of saying yes. -- Julianna Margulies
Brave is not saying I have no fear. It's being terrified and still moving forward. -- Elisa Jimenez
Just saying no prevents teenage pregnancy the way 'Have a nice day' cures chronic depression. -- Faye Wattleton
No words. Just my finger pointing in silence. My finger silently saying, 'Unwrap me, darling." -- James Lusarde
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately. -- Michel de Montaigne
Saying 'no' or even 'stop' is the hallmark of the professional you want on your team. -- Seth Godin
There was no question of generation change or saying goodbye to the past or modernizing sloganising. -- Geoffrey Howe
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Kaeleigh, queen of passive, all the time saying no, but not strong enough to mean it. -- Ellen Hopkins
No relationship works without making an effort. That goes without saying. But you should never overcompensate. -- Sonam Kapoor
I believe we best say yes to God's glory and sovereignty by saying no to Calvinism. -- Austin Fischer
Every woman knows the art of saying no with the lips and yes with the rest -- Marcello Mastroianni
I have no interest in saying "This is who I am! This is what I'm like!" -- Jen Kirkman
I've spent years saying no to things. It's important to be selective with both projects and partners. -- Lauren Conrad
Enjoy saying "no!" but don't make it the wellspring of your vitality. Be fueled by blood-red yeses... -- Rob Brezsny
I BELIEVE EVERYONE IS SPECIAL . . . BUT SOME PEOPLE THINK . . . . IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING NO-ONE IS -- ASHISH RANJAN
Every time I catch myself saying, "Oh no, you shouldn't try that," I think, "Yes, I should." -- Erica Jong
I'm a person who's fine saying 'No.' I like saying to myself, "no gossiping," "no nagging." -- Gretchen Rubin
But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless. -- Sophocles
No one ever went to their deathbed saying, 'You know, I wish I'd eaten more rice cakes. -- Amy Krouse Rosenthal
I'm pretty sure no one's reading action scripts saying, 'This has got to be Ed Helms.' -- Ed Helms
No amount of saying "?I love you' and "?I trust you' makes it true when it isn't. -- Maya Banks
If you believe that saying no will get you shot, well, what a fine way to go. -- Peter Block
I think because I have great difficulty saying the word, 'no,' almost every day's a different adventure. -- Richard Branson
There can't be art without risk. It's like saying No Sex, and then expecting there to be children. -- Francis Ford Coppola
There's no point in lying saying I am doing really, really well because I'm not; I'm cult level. -- Gary Numan
In Maine we have a saying that there's no point in speaking unless you can improve on silence. -- Edmund Muskie
Sometimes speech is no more than a device for saying nothing - and a neater one than silence. -- Simone de Beauvoir
There is no use saying you chose to lie down when it has become impossible to stand up. -- C. S. Lewis
No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad. -- Eric Idle
You won't hear me saying I have no body issues because I wouldn't be human if I didn't. -- Emma Stone
No mortal has a right to wag his tongue, much less to wag his pen, without saying something. -- Thomas Carlyle
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There's no question I am an idealist, which is another way of saying 'I am an American.' -- Ronald Reagan
Sometimes fear is a warning. It's like someone putting a hand on your shoulder and saying Go No Farther. -- Anne Rice
No one is saying you're possessed by the devil anymore except the most ignorant of people in modern culture. -- Neil deGrasse Tyson
Sorry, but there is no pleasure in finding new ways of saying the same stuff about projects which tanked. -- Alex Cox
there is no greater fraud or bore than the writer who has acquired the art of saying nothing brilliantly. -- Gertrude Atherton
I'm not saying I am never going to fall in love again, but there is no need to marry. -- Salman Rushdie
You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what. -- Timothy Keller
If you begin by saying, 'Thou shalt not lie,' there is no longer any possibility of political action. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
I have voices in my head, but they're all speaking Spanish, and I have NO idea what they're saying. -- Daniel Tosh
No one will know what you mean by saying that 'God is love' unless you act it as well. -- L. P. Jacks

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