Richard Burton Quotes

I have a very easy time saying no to friends.

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.'

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.

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

I find it hard to say no to people.

We have to not be afraid to say no.

It's not that difficult to say no when you don't want to do something.

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

I'm self-opinionated, and I have a sense of self. I can be brutal with agents and have been.

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

I never allow myself to be pressured.

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

I knew that if I wanted to stop being a pushover I had to get comfortable with small rejections myself. That took some work, but because of it I can now say 'no' to other people with a clear conscience.

It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I was one of those people at one point who was scared to put my foot down and show where the boundaries were. For me, it's really important to stand your ground and know exactly what you are, where you wanna be, and what you're doing, or else people are gonna try you.