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• Sales people should take lessons from their kids. What does the word ‘no’ mean to a child? Almost nothing.

  Jim Rohn

  Children, Mean, Kids

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 06, 2017

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• I need to learn how to start saying no. Like when someone says ‘please stop choking me.’

  John Mayer

  Needs, Choke, Please

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• Saying no to something is actually much more powerful than saying yes.

  Tom Hanks

  Inspirational, Powerful, Saying Yes

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• All roads are blocked to a philosophy which reduces everything to the word "no." To "no" there is only one answer and that is "yes." Nihilism has no substance. There is no such thing as nothingness, and zero does not exist. Everything is something. Nothing is nothing. Man lives more by affirmation than by bread.

  Victor Hugo

  Zero, Philosophy, Men

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• If you must say yes, say it with an open heart. If you must say no, say it without fear.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Confidence, Fear

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Apr 22, 2012

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• It's saying no. That's your first hint that something's alive. It says no. That's how you know a baby is starting to turn into a person. They run around saying no all day, throwing their aliveness at everything to see what it'll stick to. You can't say no if you don't have desires and opinions and wants of your own. You wouldn't even want to. No is the heart of thinking.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Running, Baby, Heart

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• What if God’s 'NO,’ is really a gift? His way to protect us from what we cannot see, provide something better than we can imagine, or be part of the process of growing us closer to Him.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  What If, Growing, Way

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Jun 08, 2014

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• Reject rejection! If someone says no, just say NEXT

  Jack Canfield

  Rejection, Next, Rejects

  FaceBook post by Jack Canfield from Sep 07, 2012

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• Saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue

  Paulo Coelho

  Generosity, Saying Yes, Doe

  "When Generosity Means Saying 'No'” by Pratibha A., www.huffingtonpost.com. June 26, 2017.

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• The most popular cartoon of mine is a guy on the phone looking at his appointment book and saying "No, Thursday's out. How about never, is never good for you?"

  Robert Mankoff

  Book, Phones, Guy

  "Ask the Author Live: Robert Mankoff on the Cartoon Issue". The New Yorker Interview, www.newyorker.com. October 21, 2011.

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• One of the most painfully inauthentic ways we show up in our lives sometimes is saying "yes" when we mean "no," and saying "no" when we mean "hell yes." I'm the oldest of four, a people-pleaser - that's the good girl straitjacket that I wear sometimes. I spent a lot of my life saying yes all the time and then being pissed off and resentful.

  Brené Brown

  Girl, Mean, People

  "Brené Brown On Why Courage, Vulnerability And Authenticity Have To Be Practiced". Interview with Chantal Pierrat, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 25, 2013.

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• Breaking with the pack may be exactly what we should be doing. Saying "no" to the dominant culture that is trapping us in destructive ways of living might be the most life-serving thing we can do.

  Frances Moore Lappé

  Culture, May, Might

  Source: www.yesmagazine.org

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• Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent and urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Life, Mind

  Stephen R. Covey (2000). “Purpose: Focusing on What Matters Most”, Franklincovey

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• In many respects, designing heirloom products means saying no to designing consumer crap that you know will not last very long.

  Saul Griffith

  Mean, Long, Design

  "Built to Last". GOOD Magazine Interview, www.good.is. January 14, 2010.

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• I had to take responsibility, even if it meant saying no to an authority figure, because I was the authority on me.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Responsibility, Authority, Figures

  Kelley Armstrong (2010). “The Reckoning: The Darkest Powers Trilogy”, p.108, Penguin Group

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• Most remarks made by children consist of correct ideas very badly expressed. A good teacher will be very wary of saying 'No, that's wrong.' Rather, he will try to discover the correct idea behind the inadequate expression. This is one of the most important principles in the whole of the art of teaching.

  W. W. Sawyer

  Education, Teacher, Art

  W. W. Sawyer (2012). “Vision in Elementary Mathematics”, Courier Corporation

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• So the big question is, "Well, do I just dump all those unwanted things and try to start fresh?" And we say, no. You just set the Tone, where you are, by looking for things to appreciate. And by setting your Tone in a very clear deliberate way, anything that doesn't match it gravitates out of your experience, and anything that does match it gravitates into your experience. It is so much simpler than most of you are allowing yourself to believe.

  Esther Hicks

  Inspirational, Letting Go, Appreciation

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• Choice means saying no to one thing so you can say yes to another.

  Dan Millman

  Mean, Choices, One Thing

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• Learn graceful ways of saying no and of pointing out that this pressure to do something is not in line with most people's wishes.

  Judith Martin

  People, Wish, Lines

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• Women fear endangering men's approval so much, we don't even wait for them to say no. Or else we protect them, even if it means saying no to ourselves.

  Gloria Steinem

  Mean, Men, Waiting

  Gloria Steinem (2012). “Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions”, p.176, Open Road Media

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• I wish we questioned the aid model as much as we are questioning the capitalism model. Sometimes the most generous thing you can do is just say no.

  Dambisa Moyo

  Wish, Sometimes, Economics

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• And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Thinking, Best Job

  "The Seed of Apple's Innovation". Bloomberg interview, www.bloomberg.com. October 12, 2004.

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• There are only two words that will always lead you to success. Those words are yes and no. Undoubtedly, you've mastered saying yes. So start practicing saying no. Your goals depend on it!

  Jack Canfield

  Success, Spiritual, Business

  FaceBook post by Jack Canfield from Jul 16, 2013

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• I'm as proud of many of the things we haven't done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Best Job

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.71, Prabhat Prakashan

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• No one ever went broke by saying no too often.

  Harvey Mackay

  Inspirational, Choices, Broke

  Harvey Mackay (1999). “Pushing the Envelope: All the Way to the Top”

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