Don't say yes to everything. Learn how to say no, because people respect a no. — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
I think it's just as important what you say no to as what you say yes to. — Sandra Oh Copy Share Image
In order to be a diplomat, one must speak a number of languages, including doubletalk. — Carey Williams Copy Share Image
The basic quality for the diplomat is not intelligence but loyalty. — C. Northcote Parkinson Copy Share Image
A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
At some point we all have to learn to say NO. It's good to say NO sometimes. It means we have our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I sometimes think that the reason I was mistaken for a Rwandan is because other countries don't expect that an American diplomat… — Linda Thomas-Greenfield Copy Share Image
When you have no chance to change things, you just say yes for no ''i say YES for the fucken NO'' — Duressa Amensissa Copy Share Image
A Soviet diplomat, like a skilled chess player, does not expect his opposite number to give up something for nothing, not even… — Arthur Dean Copy Share Image
Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, or perhaps later in life, yes… — William Glasser Copy Share Image
Say no to things that don't serve you. That allows you to say yes to the things that do. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A diplomat who says yes means maybe, a diplomat who says maybe means no, and a diplomat who says no is no… — Charles M De Talleyrand Copy Share Image
Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent and urgent things in your… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
NOP stands for (and is pronounced) no op, as in no operation. The NOP causes the processor to do absolutely nothing. What's… — Charles Petzold Copy Share Image
People look at me as sort of a diplomat for Turkey, which by nature, I'm not; I don't want to be. It's… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Even if it's a bit edgy, a bit out of your comfort zone, saying yes means that you will do something new,… — Eric Schmidt 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
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
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
Learning to "just say no" to emotional reactions isn't repression. Saying no means not engaging the frustration, anger, judgment, or blame. Without… — Doc Childre Copy Share Image
It is more important to say "no" to an opportunity, than to say "yes". — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Sometimes, in order to say yes to what matters most, I must say no to good things. — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
When all the world is telling you 'no', tell yourself 'yes' ten times louder. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Learn to say no; it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
FORTITUDE IS THE CAPACITY TO SAY NO WHEN THE WORLD WANTS TO HEAR 'YES' — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
