Christopher Voss Quotes

I'm really good at telling people 'no.'

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

I don't like saying 'no' to people, and I'm going to have to learn how to say 'no' more.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

What we say no to is sometimes more important than what we say yes to.

If anything gets in the way of me being a good mom or wife, I simply say no.

I have to prioritize and learn how to sometimes say 'no,' even when there might be a good opportunity. That means turning down a check or a potential relationship, or sometimes letting someone down who you are close with.

I have had many successes and many failures in my life. My successes have always been for different reasons, but my failures have always been for the same reason: I said yes when I meant no.

The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did.

The only power you have is the word no.

I have been accused of never saying no.

Don't say yes to something just because it's an opportunity.

You have to be a brat in order to carve out your parameters, and you have to be a monster to anyone who gets in your way. But sometimes it's difficult to know when that's necessary and when you're just being a baby, throwing your rattle from the cage.

You know, you pick and choose your battles.

When you arrive at a certain level it's very easy to say yes: that is the moment to learn to say no.

The hard thing for me is to say no to people.

I'm so weak at saying no.

I think it's just as important what you say no to as what you say yes to.

There are too many things I find it difficult to say 'no' to.

Making tough decisions that may make someone unhappy is something to get good at doing.

I will always need to compromise and make choices - you just have to work hard at making the right choice day by day.

I've always been of the mindset that you will be defined by the things you say 'no' to because it's so easy to say 'yes.'

I have a very easy time saying no to friends.

It's not that I can't collaborate. It's just that I don't know how to say no to people. If someone's like, 'Let's write a song together,' it's like, 'You'll write the song, and I'm gonna okay everything.' It's very hard to think that their ideas work with what I'm trying to do.

We need to start saying no to stuff.