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Don't ever give up. Believe in yourself or no one else will. My personal saying is: 'I'd rather die knowing that I tried to do what I love.' — Adrienne Bailon

It takes effort to say no when our heart and brains and guts and, most important, pride are yearning to say yes. Practice. — Cole Harmonson

There is no danger is letting people have their say ... There is a danger when you try to stop them from saying it. — Helen Gahagan Douglas

Nowadays when we bow our heads before meals, we no longer say grace - we receive it. — Jared Brock

It's no good saying I wished I could go out more, because I can't. But I don't bother about it too much. — David Hockney

I grew it - sorry, drew it - for this book, if for no other reason than to illustrate the old saying that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. — Connor Franta

Saying of the Prophet
Monkishness
No monkery in Islam. — Idries Shah

All's I'm saying is love's a blessing, no matter all the same. — Abigail Roux

Neil Kinnock's speeches go on for so long because he has nothing to say and so he has no way of knowing when he's finished saying it. — John Major

From your confessor, lawyer and doctor, hide not your case on no condition. [Is this a way of saying that honesty is the best policy?] — John Harington

How can we learn the value of saying no, if we didn't occasionally say yes? — F.D. Lee

What are you saying?" He fought to keep his voice under control. "You love me but there's no hope for us? — Jojo Moyes

Saying "yes" doesn't mean I don't know how to say no, and saying "please" doesn't mean I am waiting for permission. — Amy Poehler

Learn to say no, with an eye to saying yes to something else. — Mireille Guiliano

We have a saying that time has no single measure, that time can be like frost or lightning or a tear or siege or storm or sunset, or even like a rock. — James Clavell

Saying the universe is eternal simply is saying that it has no beginning or end, not that it had a beginning an infinite time ago — Victor J. Stenger

There's no point in saying anything but the truth. — Amy Winehouse

Without Peyton, there would be no Lucas Oil Stadium. This team would be playing in L.A. right now. I don't understand Jim saying this. — Tony Dungy

With every step, I cursed the person who had ever invented the saying: "Speak of the devil". Clearly, they had no sympathy for me! — Adele Rose

Don't be your own worst critic. If you're not confident in what you're saying, no one else will be either. — Travis Bradberry

People weren't saying Oh wow anymore. They were saying No way instead and she wondered if there was something she might learn from this. — Don DeLillo

I spend 90 percent of my time saying no, and my accountant yells at me for it, but when I started in this business, I wanted my career to have legs. — Omar Epps

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

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless. — Sophocles

If you don't believe in what you are saying, there is no point in your saying it. You might as well call it a day and go bowling. — Anne Lamott

Tone is the hardest part of saying no. — Jonathan Price

I am not saying that I am different, but I don't have emotional pain. I may be angry and I may be peaceful, but no emotional pain. — Paulo Coelho

It's not respectable,' she said.
And when people say that, it's no use
anyone's saying anything. — E. Nesbit

Cullen?"
"Hey, Mom."
"Can you do me a favor?" she asked in that way that implied that saying no would cause someone to die. — John Corey Whaley

Until one day there will be no more sense in saying: tomorrow. — Primo Levi

Are you saying you don't love me?" Hazael asked Liraz. "Because I love you. I think." He paused in contemplation. "Oh. No. Never mind. That's fear. — Laini Taylor

Of course they were saying: No doping! But as a rider, it's difficult to believe that things can really change from one day to the next. — Patrik Sinkewitz

I feel like saying we need to all calm down a little. Let's take the time to breathe. I have no intention of allowing myself be distracted. — Pauline Marois

No I'm not saying I'm the nicest I just life like it. — Drake

If no one's upset by what you're saying, you're probably not pushing hard enough. (And you're probably boring, too.) — Jason Fried

No amount of saying 'I love you' and 'I trust you' makes it true when it isn't. — Maya Banks

I don't care if the whole world is against you or teasing you or saying you are not gonna make it. Believe in yourself, no matter what. — Michael Jackson

Focus is saying no to 1,000 good ideas. — Steve Jobs

People sometimes ask me , what religion are you ? i always answer by saying, 'i am a little part of all religions and and a big part of no religion — Osho

Sometimes fear is a warning. It's like someone putting a hand on your shoulder and saying Go No Farther. — Anne Rice

I'm dreading the time that is not near As a man on a cross I have no fear I can't believe these words I'm saying You've got to feel your lines — John Frusciante

You won't find a solution by saying there is no problem — William Rotsler

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

No.'
It's not a bad word.
And it is very important to use at times.
Practice saying it in the mirror.
It's empowering. — Christy Hall

Take no heed of good looks , but rather of callused hand.
Old Maori saying: Choose a husband for his work, not his appearance. — Toni Polancy

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

No matter what anyone's saying to you from outside, the most important conversation is the one you are gaving with yourself on the inside — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Focus does not mean saying yes, it means saying no. — Steve Jobs

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. — Winston Churchill

smiles. "No, I'm saying find someone who you can talk to. Someone who makes you laugh. I think you'll realize that that's what you find attractive. — Lauren Layne

We must at all costs avoid saying no because people prefer those who say yes, and this allows us to survive in hostile territory. — Paulo Coelho

I feel that I helped the working class by just saying there are no barriers, which I consider to be true. — Michael Caine

There was no question of generation change or saying goodbye to the past or modernizing sloganising. — Geoffrey Howe

She knew, with all her heart that running away from the country's top relationship coach was as good as saying, 'there's no hope for me, ever'! — Diane Hall

Part of the skill of saying no is to shut up afterward and not babble on, offering material for an argument. — Judith Martin

One boy's a boy; two boys be half a boy, and three boys be no boy at all', ran the old country saying. — Flora Thompson

I have been accused of never saying no. — William Shatner

Let no one try to justify the glaring difference between the classes and the masses, the prince and the pauper, by saying that the former need more. — Mahatma Gandhi

You know a person is teaching the truth when no one debates it." ~ Amunhotep El Bey — Amunhotep El Bey

Are they saying that the trees are just as special as I am?"

"No, we're saying that was always between you and the trees. — P.B. Gookenschleim

Sorry, but there is no pleasure in finding new ways of saying the same stuff about projects which tanked. — Alex Cox

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself. — James Stephens

No words. Just my finger pointing in silence. My finger silently saying, 'Unwrap me, darling. — James Lusarde

We'll never survive!"
"Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has. — William Goldman

There is nothing wrong in saying something, but there should be no protection [insistence] that we are right. — Dada Bhagwan

The power of saying no is so much more than the power of saying yes. — Julianna Margulies

Sometimes "No" is the kindest word. — Vironika Tugaleva

I come from a place where everything about me, even my body language, is saying: I mean you no harm. I smile, I laugh. Basic stuff for most people. — Oscar Isaac

Saying 'no problem' is a sure sign that everything is about to go terribly wrong," Han said. — James S.A. Corey

I believe we best say yes to God's glory and sovereignty by saying no to Calvinism. — Austin Fischer

I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I saw an armless man saying his Rosary with his feet. — John Locke

A lot of people on the internet have been saying that there's no way we can pull off a musical in three acts. We just take that as a challenge. — Ian Williams

This is the problem,' she says.
'With us?'
'With everything. No one's saying what they want. — Cath Crowley

And when someone's asking you to do something in such a pleading way, everything goes against saying no. I — Kazuo Ishiguro

Have you ever tried to find the words to say something, but no matter what you think of saying, you know it might come out wrong? — Lynette Ferreira

It's no small matter to become rich and famous by saying exactly what you think - to say it in your own words, without compromise. — Saul Bellow

He was wondering if there was some cryptic, cultish mark on his door that told all the crazy people he'd have trouble saying no. — Anne Tyler

If the world ends tomorrow, understand that I regret saying no. — Alex Adams

Sometimes being a good friend is about saying no, about trying to do what's best for your friend regardless of what they say. — Gitty Daneshvari

I learn from my mistakes. It's a very painful way to learn, but without pain, the old saying is, there's no gain. — Johnny Cash

Yet, you were going to let me ... ?" "I told you I'm not very good at saying no. — Laurelin Paige

Pray with a pure heart and pray from where you are. He will answer your prayers. There is no need to abandon the world or retreat to a jungle — Radhe Maa

Why be fearful of saying no to someone or of leaving something undone when the most important thing of all was to enjoy life fully? — Paulo Coelho

No relationship works without making an effort. That goes without saying. But you should never overcompensate. — Sonam Kapoor

I think 2012 is the year when consumers all around the world start saying no to feature phones and start saying yes to smartphones. — Marc Andreessen

I'm a person who's fine saying 'No.' I like saying to myself, "no gossiping," "no nagging." — Gretchen Rubin

People fall hard for the notion of falling, and saying you want no part of it will only get you sent to the loony bin. — David Levithan

To exist here, I'll have to become skilled in saying no - an art in which I was once well accomplished, but one I no longer care to practice. — Doug Cooper

Dad? Dad, no. No. I can't. I can't. Why are you saying these things?"
"Because I can't stand watching all that loneliness that lives inside you. — Benjamin Alire Saenz

Coffee is a girl who never tells a boy no. — Andrew Smith

Cameras have really made people question the police. People, especially white people, are saying, 'Oh my God, we had no idea.' — Stanley Nelson Jr.

Saying no to something is actually much more powerful than saying yes. — Tom Hanks

Unbelief and belief are both marching on His road, while both are saying, 'He is one and He has no associates'. — Idries Shah

I'm not being cruel when I am saying 'no'. — Melody Devonish

When men no longer have the least fear of saying something untrue, they very soon have no fear whatsoever of doing something unjust. — Theodor Haecker

Are you saying you believe in God because there are no other explanations? he asked. — Anonymous

In business, real discipline comes in saying no to the wrong opportunities." - Jim Collins — Mac Anderson

No matter how harsh or negative your thoughts are, there is always a right way of saying them. — Joanne Crisner Alcayaga

I make no apology for saying that in the East End of London a new party of labour, with a small L, is being born — George Galloway

If in a Christian pulpit you have no business saying, "I suggest to you" No! "These things I declare to you." — David Lloyd-Jones