Morgan Freeman Quotes

The truth is people are very nice. The other truth is, it's very annoying to be constantly interrupted. I don't love myself enough to want to share myself with everybody.

I find it hard to say no to people.

You need to learn to say no and need to recognise when you're being exploited.

One of the things I talk a lot about in my work that I try to practice - which is really hard - is in those moments where we're being asked to do things or asked to take over or asked to take care of something, we have to have the courage to choose discomfort over resentment. And to me, a huge part of my authenticity practice has been choosing discomfort and saying no.

I don't know how to make people like me. Cinna, how do you make people like you?

I want people to like me but not at my expense.

I've always had a tendency to push the envelope as far as it can go without hurting someone's feelings.

I had years of therapy to recover from this. A lot of it had to with being a people pleaser, being the ultimate good girl. I wanted everyone to like me. I didn't really have a voice. I was afraid of growing up.

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 not an unkind person, but by the same token, I'm not a people-pleaser.

I have a very easy time saying no to friends.

I have learned that it's OK for me to say no to things.

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

I'm tired of being the bad guy all the time, saying 'no' to people I like.

Sometimes I wonder which is worse - confrontational people who are afraid of caring or caring people who are afraid of confrontation.

I should just keep me mouth shut, I just upset people.

When you say, "I need more confidence," what you're really saying is, "I need those people over there to approve of me." That is the desire to control other people and what they think. The first person who figures out how to do this owns the world.

No' is golden. 'No' is the kind of power the good witch wields. It's the way whole, healthy, emotionally evolved people manage to have relationships with jackasses while limiting the amount of jackass in their lives.

I can love the people who hold false opinions but I don't have to be nice to them.

You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.

Some people don't realize that a straight 'No' can be the kindest answer in the world.

There are certain bridges that are not worth crossing, no matter what others think. Loyalty and relationships are important.

There's a lot of power in the word 'no,' and a lot of people, like myself, need to know that.

Trying to always be the nice guy, to appear good, can be limiting. Avoiding confrontation has closed up a number of possibilities for me.