Say No Quotes

In short: just say NO TO DRUGS, and maybe you won't end up like the Hurd people.

We [the French] have to keep defending our vital interests …, we can say no, alone, to anything that may be unacceptable.

I was raised by a strong mother who always taught me to speak up, I never had difficulty leaving an uncomfortable situation or cutting eye contact; people used to call me cold. Girls need to learn that they're allowed to say no and to speak up. This is what I work on in Africa with the girls, but the issue is global and I'm glad that women are speaking up and saying that we won't put up with it anymore.

After you have made your commitment to say no to what no longer serves you, you will probably be invited to demonstrate that you really mean it.

We have to establish time boundaries and learn how to say no.

It's very easy to say no to leaving the house.

Just keep saying yes to everything - until you can afford to say no.

It's hard to say no to your kid. It's hard for them to stomp off and not be happy with you for an hour.

Once you thrust yourself out there in the public domain, it's really hard to retreat, to say no or reclaim that certain part of your life as private.

I used to believe that you have to say yes to every opportunity that comes your way in order to succeed in life. Now I realize that the rarely-talked-about secret to success (and sanity) is recognizing when it makes more sense to say no.

My basic food mantra is small portions, no water during the meal and the capacity to say no to an extra helping if it's not required.

The only power an actor has is the ability to say "no."

Don't change who you are and it's okay to say no.

Unfortunately the trick to great execution is to say no a lot.