Amy Poehler Quotes

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

I am my own man.

It's really fun to say no sometimes. I just don't want to discount how fun it is to say no and exercise your right to say no, and - as a girl - it's important to know how to say no... and that no means no!

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

No man bosses me around, and no man ever will.

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 just don't feel like I have to explain myself.

What I say goes. I'm hitting shots that I want to hit. I'm doing the things that I want to do. I play it my way.

You should always stand up for yourself.

I don't allow people's outlook on me dictate what I do in my life and how I live my life.

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

It's harder to say 'no' when you really mean it.

I'm not going to let fear rule my life. I'd rather be able to know that I've made a choice that's right for me, than saying yes because I don't want my agents to be upset with me.

No one can take advantage of you without your permission.

Somehow I evolved into a person who ceased to ask permission.

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

I have had many successes and many failures in my life. My successes have always been for different reasons, but my failures have always been for the same reason: I said yes when I meant no.

I think personal power is having the availability to say, 'No' to something, whatever that may be.

I'll succeed,' Hazel promised. 'And Hecate? I'm not choosing one of your paths. I'm making my own.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

You cannot let people come up in your face and stop you.

I'm not a downtrodden woman. I just won't be.

I'm in control of myself. I take yes or no from no one.

I never allow myself to be pressured.

But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.