Moss Hart Quotes

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

There are too many things I find it difficult to say 'no' to.

I learned the power of 'no.' No is really important. Entrepreneurs are told to say 'yes, yes, more, more.'

I've gotten myself into some difficult situations because I couldn't say no.

We need to start saying no to stuff.

Learn to say no; it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.

I have had many successes and many failures in my life. My successes have always been for different reasons, but my failures have always been for the same reason: I said yes when I meant no.

I've had to learn how to say 'no' to offers.

If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't.

I think the New Bohemians' inability to say no was a big part of our problem.

My family comes first, and you have to be in charge to be able to protect that. You have to be the one who says no or you don't have a life, which is what I found out the first time.

When you arrive at a certain level it's very easy to say yes: that is the moment to learn to say no.

I think everyone can relate to the idea of making a bad choice - and knowing it's a bad choice - but doing it anyway.

I don't like saying 'no' to people, and I'm going to have to learn how to say 'no' more.

What we say no to is sometimes more important than what we say yes to.

I'm pretty good at saying no to things, at discerning between what I'm supposed to do and what I'm not supposed to do.

I have learned how to say no, and I have to check myself all the time. I'm not great at it still. Women get criticized a lot more for saying no than men do.

I've always been of the mindset that you will be defined by the things you say 'no' to because it's so easy to say 'yes.'

'No' is a dynamic that you've got to master before you can ever master 'yes.'

I have a very easy time saying no to friends.

I don't know how to say no, and that's a weakness.

I think we've all done things that are a detriment to ourselves, and we've all made good choices that have brought good things for us.

Sometimes you have to say, 'I don't have to do everything that comes my way.'

Experience has further taught me this, that we ruin ourselves by impatience.

Discipline weighs ounces and regret weighs tons