Paige Craig Quotes

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

I could be working 300 hours a week. I just say 'no.' The power of slow is the power of no. I can't go to every party I get invited to. I can't do every work thing.

If anything gets in the way of me being a good mom or wife, I simply say no.

We need to start saying no to stuff.

Before the heart attack, I used to do a lot of work - what's needed and what's not needed. I used to sing songs that leave an impact and those that didn't. I could never say 'No.' Now, I have learnt to say it, though, and believe me, it has not been easy to do so.

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

You can love something too much, you can spend too much time with something - that's when you've got to learn how to balance.

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

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

I am incredibly, incredibly fortunate about the opportunities I've had. But at the same time, I've had plenty of opportunities to screw it up, too. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is 'No...' and not feel the need to do everything. It's about doing what rings true to me.

I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum.

This is what I think is very essential... moderation can be good for you.

I've learned, I think, to be able to distinguish between the necessary and the unnecessary as far as my limited outside time is concerned. Saying 'no' politely is a necessity if one wants to lead any kind of stable life.

I never refused an autograph, never refused to buy someone a drink. Now I'm learning to say I've got other things on, instead of doing it and wondering why.

You can't do it all. You get many requests all the time, but I still have to focus on football, still have to live my life a little bit. But there are definitely times during the week when you want to take time out.

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 we could all do better sometimes of not overextending ourselves as much.

In any job, you have to give up certain things, and I believe that having a good quality of life means enjoying certain things only in moderation.

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

The hard thing for me is to say no to people.

If you're always strict with yourself, life gets miserable. And we're supposed to enjoy life.

Here's a vice: I say yes to too many things. I wish I had the guilty pleasure of saying no. My goal is to try to do less, but more fully.

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.

Sometimes we are so busy helping others that we forget about ourselves. Remember, it's okay to say no and to ask others to carry their own weight.