Saying No Quotes - Page 10

• I have enjoyed life a lot more by saying "yes" than by sayings "no".

  Richard Branson

  Positive, Saying Yes, Enjoyed

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• Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Leadership, Learning

  FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Feb 18, 2016

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• Americans are gathering the courage to just say no. We are saying no to addictive consumer lifestyles. We are saying no to wars and corporate takeover and the IMF loans that gobble up people and their resources.

  Cynthia McKinney

  War, People, Gathering

  "Run, Cynthia, run" by Derek Wall, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2008.

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• I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people. So I've always said 'yes' to the thing I'm most scared about. The fear of letting myself down - of saying 'no' to something that I was afraid of and then sitting in my room later going, 'I wish I'd had the guts to say this or that' - that galvanizes me more than anything.

  Hugh Jackman

  People, Wish, Sitting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you are not saying 'no' to yourself.

  Paulo Coelho

  Hate, Saying Yes, Learn To Say No

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jun 30, 2011

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• 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.

  Steve Jobs

  Focus, Strategy, Results

  "Jobs: 'Focus Is About Saying No'" by Erick Schonfeld, techcrunch.com. October 6, 2011.

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