Jessica Chastain Quotes

I have had to learn about saying no.

We need to start saying no to stuff.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

The only power you have is the word no.

I'm learning how to keep my identity and personal life sacred. It's a matter of knowing my limits. I don't have to give everything that's asked of me.

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

Boundaries are to protect life, not to limit pleasures.

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.

My dad was not good at saying no. I'm trying to be better at saying no.

We have to not be afraid to say no.

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

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.

You best teach others about healthy boundaries by enforcing yours.

Your yes means nothing if you can't say no.

Don't say yes to everything. Learn how to say no, because people respect a no.

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

When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated.

I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off.

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.