Saying No Quotes

If something is not a "hell, YEAH!", then it's a "no!

We must say "no" to what, in our heart, we don't want. We must say "no" to doing things out of obligation, thereby cheating those important to us of the purest expression of our love. We must say "no" to treating ourselves, our health, our needs as not as important as someone else's. We must say “no.

Suzette R. Hinton

It is extremely important to be able to make negative assertions. We must be able to say what is ‘not me’ in order to have a ‘me’. What we like has no meaning unless we know what we don’t like. Our yes has no meaning if we never say no. My chosen profession has no passion if ‘just anyone would do’. Our opinions and thoughts mean very little if there is nothing we disagree with.

Say no to everything, so you can say yes to the one thing.

Silence isn't always agreement. Sometimes people no longer argue because they no longer care.

Sometimes "No" is the kindest word.

Vironika Tugaleva

Most women are all too familiar with men like Calvin Smith. Men whose sense of prerogative renders them deaf when women say, "No thanks," "Not interested," or even "Fuck off, creep.

It takes true courage and real humility to say NO or YES!

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Coffee is a girl who never tells a boy no.

Let today mark a new beginning for you. Give yourself permission to say NO without feeling guilty, mean, or selfish. Anybody who gets upset and/or expects you to say YES all of the time clearly doesn’t have your best interest at heart. Always remember: You have a right to say NO without having to explain yourself. Be at peace with your decisions.

Stephanie Lahart

Until you learn how to confidently say NO to so many things, you shall always say YES to so many things. The real summary of a regretful life is a life that failed to balance YES and NO. Yes! A life that failed to recognize when to courageously say NO and when to confidently say YES!

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

If you really want to be an effective time manager, you will have to learn to say no to other people and do so frequently.

If you really want to be an effective time manager, you will have to learn to say no to other people and do so frequently.