Penny Marshall Quotes

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

When you commit to something, you don't want to let your fellow people and yourself down.

I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it.

I was always the type of person that whenever I started something I finished it. And, I was always held accountable for my actions.

No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Your life works to the degree you keep your agreements.

When you sign on and say, 'I'm gonna do this and that,' it's always good to say at the end of it, 'I've done all I said I would do.'

I'm pretty good at saying no to things, at discerning between what I'm supposed to do and what I'm not supposed to do.

It's not in my character to say what I'm going to do and how it's going to go.

You go out and work hard and leave everything on the field. I think if you do that, you don't have any regrets. You can go home and look at yourself in the mirror.

I have a very easy time saying no to friends.

One of the things I'm most proud of is actually saying I'm going to do something and doing it.

Normally I'm the type who wouldn't bail on a responsibility unless dead on the side of the road, and I believe deeply in the importance of continuing to follow our own paths.

I am very clear with people that I am willing and able to make tough choices, and I will do that.

I've never missed weight once in my entire life or my career going from wrestling from eight years old through all my professional career. If I agree to do something, I'm doing it.

Mama was a stickler on keeping your word. That's helped me to make the right decisions in so many situations. Because of that, I also think really hard before I make a decision because I know I'm going to have to see it through.

I'm not used to saying I'm gonna do something and i don't do it.

There will be no surprises, there will be no excuses, we will do what we've said we will do.

I never refused an autograph, never refused to buy someone a drink. Now I'm learning to say I've got other things on, instead of doing it and wondering why.

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

When I make a commitment I stick to it.

I could be working 300 hours a week. I just say 'no.' The power of slow is the power of no. I can't go to every party I get invited to. I can't do every work thing.

Once you learn how to say no, that's about the only place that you'll have control of your work and what you do.

I've been acting professionally since I was 15 years old, and after a while, you get really tired of people telling you one thing and then doing another.