Saying No quotes

Saying No

65 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Brené Brown
Brené Brown Researcher, author, speaker

"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."

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Steve Jobs Entrepreneur
Saying No

"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."

Focus Strategy Saying No
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Morgan Freeman Actor, Narrator
Saying No

"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."

People Hate Saying No
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Anita Hill Law Professor and Activist
Saying No

"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"

Regret Suggestions Saying No
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Octavio Paz Poet, Essayist
Saying 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."

Men Solitude Saying No
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Elizabeth Warren Politician, Lawyer
Saying No

"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."

Looks Worry Saying No
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Hugo Chavez Politician
Saying No

"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."

Rising Saying No Imperialism
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Russell Simmons Entrepreneur, Music Producer
Saying No

"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."

People Thinking Saying No
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Ry Russo-Young Filmmaker
Saying No

"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."

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