The best ideas make you want to say 'yes' and 'no' in the same breath. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
A really good diplomat does not go in for victories, even when he wins them. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Your capacity to say "No" determines your capacity to say "Yes" to greater things. — E. Stanley Jones Copy Share Image
Don't say yes to everything. Learn how to say no, because people respect a no. — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
I was going to study at the Sorbonne and become a diplomat. Being a diplomat comes in handy when you are dealing… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
“333—Have you been asking the Universe a question? A 333 is a “Yes!” The Universe agrees with your line of thinking and… — Alex Marcoux Copy Share Image
There are an infinite number of reasons to say no. Instead, try to focus on one good reason to say yes. — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“What happens if you need a diplomat who can also practice philosophy fight with a lightsaber and levitate small objects Who else… — Walter Jon Williams Copy Share Image
You aren't going to be successful as a diplomat if you don't understand the strategic context in which you are actually negotiating.… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Be aware that the more often a child hears the word no, the greater his need to say no himself. — Cathy Rindner Tempelsman Copy Share Image
America needs a diplomat at the United Nations who fully comprehends the diplomatic, economic, technological, military, and moral dimensions of China's challenge. — Bill Hagerty Copy Share Image
To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows.… — Jean Anouilh Copy Share Image
Many people think if you say "no" you just do this to negotiate a better deal, and they didn't understand that Daft… — Pedro Winter Copy Share Image
Sometimes the hardest decision is to say no to something, and I think when you're less confident or when you're younger, you… — Joanna Coles Copy Share Image
There are many people who are so inclined to say "no" that the "no" always precedes whatever we say to them. This… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
You have to learn to say no not just to things you don't want to do, you have to say no to… — Debora Spar Copy Share Image
Diplomacy, of course, is a subtle and nuanced craft, so much so that it's said that when the most wily diplomat of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Say "Yes" to the seedlings and a giant forest cleaves the sky. Say "Yes" to the universe and the planets become your… — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
The thing is, when you put a button in someone's hand and give them the power of yes or no, no is… — Adrian Pasdar Copy Share Image
A Japanese diplomat and jujitsu expert, Konde Maeda Kome, came to Brazil in the 1920s and there he met my grandfather, Gaston… — Rickson Gracie Copy Share Image
“Saying no often means saying yes to something else that is more a priority!” — Karen Budzinski Copy Share Image
Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Sometimes the most important word is no. It takes the pressure off. — Joan Tewkesbury Copy Share Image
If one person says No, then go another person who has the power to say Yes. — JOHN REYES Copy Share Image
It's easy to say ''no!'' when there's a deeper ''yes!'' burning inside. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
You can say no and smile only when there's a bigger yes burning inside you — Ally Mbululo Copy Share Image
When you say yes to others, be sure you're not saying no to yourself. — Karim Seddiki Copy Share Image
Originally I wanted to be a diplomat, and by attrition I started giving up that idea. — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
“The word 'NO' is the best motivation there is for the storyteller in you.” — A.K. Kuykendall Copy Share Image
