Saturday, November 3, 2012

Saying "no".........................














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

"Learn to say no.  It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin."
-Charles Haddon Spurgeon

"If I have one vice, and I call it nothing else, it is not to be able to say no."
-Abraham Lincoln

“Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.”
-Josh Billings

"No can be a hard word to say.  It taps fears of not being liked, and, especially, of not being productive.  Actually, by forcing us to become more focused, refusing to take on more tasks can make us more productive."
-Ralph Keyes

"What is a rebel?  A man who says no."
-Albert Camus

"I'm going to spend this month saying 'No.' I'll call it November."
-anonymous

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