Michael Owen Quotes

I have been accused of never saying no.

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

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

I'm so weak at saying no.

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

I have a very easy time saying no to friends.

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

You have a right to say no. Most of us have very weak and flaccid 'no' muscles. We feel guilty for saying no. We get ostracized and challenged for saying no, so we forget it's our choice. Your 'no' muscle has to be built up to get to a place where you can say, 'I don't care if that's what you want. I don't want that. No.'

Once you learn how to say no, that's about the only place that you'll have control of your work and what you do.

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

I'm really good at telling people 'no.'

We have to not be afraid to say no.

I say 'no' a lot. And if I knew how easy it was to say no, I would have started saying it earlier.

Your capacity to say "No" determines your capacity to say "Yes" to greater things.

The only power you have is the word no.

I can definitely be tough when pushed. In relationships, you have to take a stand for who you are and how you're willing to be treated.

You learn, right, a lot of people's problems - why they get upset, why they get down, why they turn to drink - is because they can't say one word and it's N-O, no.

I learned something from that. If someone asks me something that I really don't want to do, I say no. I have to trust that. And I'm not afraid to talk money.

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

You have to be a brat in order to carve out your parameters, and you have to be a monster to anyone who gets in your way. But sometimes it's difficult to know when that's necessary and when you're just being a baby, throwing your rattle from the cage.

One thing Della Valle taught me is the power to say no if something isn't right. That mattered even over sales.

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.

Once I commit to something, I complete it. If I say 'no,' I mean 'no.' I just have to learn how to say 'no' more.

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

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.