If the word ‘No’ was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless.
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Where there are no swamps there are no frogs.
Learn to say ‘no’ to the good so you can say ‘yes’ to the best.
Unless someone truly has the power to say no, they never truly have the power to say yes.
As we say in our house, ‘Say yes to no.’
When your schedule leaves you brain-drained and stressed to exhaustion, it’s time to give up something. Delegate. Say “No.” Be brutal. It’s like cleaning out a closet – after a while, it gets easier to get rid of things. You discover that you really didn’t need them anyway.
No one can maintain more than three priorities. If you have a job you care about, that’s a priority. If you have a family, that’s a priority. Which leaves one more. Maybe it’s staying in shape, maybe it’s volunteering at your church. Most people understand this intuitively. But they keep overcommiting themselves and overcomplicating their […]
Learn to say “no.” It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.
When we can say “no” not only to things that are wrong and sinful, but also to things pleasant, profitable, and good which would hinder and clog our grand duties and our chief work, we shall understand more fully what life is worth, and how to make the most of it.
God wanted to have a holiday, so He asked St. Peter for suggestions on where to go. “Why not go to Jupiter?” asked St. Peter. “No, too much gravity, too much stomping around,” said God. “Well, how about Mercury?” “No, it’s too hot there.” “Okay,” said St. Peter, “What about Earth?” “No,” said God, “They’re […]
