saying-no

Sometimes "No" is the kindest word.

Most women are all too familiar with men like Calvin Smith. Men whose sense of prerogative renders them deaf when women say, "No thanks," "Not interested," or even "Fuck off, creep.

It takes true courage and real humility to say NO or YES!

Coffee is a girl who never tells a boy no.

Let today mark a new beginning for you. Give yourself permission to say NO without feeling guilty, mean, or selfish. Anybody who gets upset and/or expects you to say YES all of the time clearly doesn__ have your best interest at heart. Always remember: You have a right to say NO without having to explain yourself. Be at peace with your decisions.

Until you learn how to confidently say NO to so many things, you shall always say YES to so many things. The real summary of a regretful life is a life that failed to balance YES and NO. Yes! A life that failed to recognize when to courageously say NO and when to confidently say YES!

If you really want to be an effective time manager, you will have to learn to say no to other people and do so frequently.

If something is not a "hell, YEAH!", then it's a "no!

We must say "no" to what, in our heart, we don't want. We must say "no" to doing things out of obligation, thereby cheating those important to us of the purest expression of our love. We must say "no" to treating ourselves, our health, our needs as not as important as someone else's. We must say __o.

It is extremely important to be able to make negative assertions. We must be able to say what is __ot me_ in order to have a __e_. What we like has no meaning unless we know what we don__ like. Our yes has no meaning if we never say no. My chosen profession has no passion if __ust anyone would do_. Our opinions and thoughts mean very little if there is nothing we disagree with.

Say no to everything, so you can say yes to the one thing.

To exist here, I__l have to become skilled in saying no__n art in which I was once well accomplished, but one I no longer care to practice.

Silence isn't always agreement. Sometimes people no longer argue because they no longer care.