Quotes About Assertiveness

It is better to be alone, she figures, than to be with someone who can't see who you are. It is better to lead than to follow. It is better to speak up than stay silent. It is better to open doors than to shut them on people.

I am the center of the story now, Jule said to herself. I don't have to weigh very little, wear very little, or have my teeth fixed. I am the center.

So I was a monster, she thought. At least I wasn't someone's little sister, someone's girlfriend, some sophomore, some girl—someone whose opinions don't matter.

Men still walk around like the US of A is a big cake store and all the cake is for them. Don't you think? -I'm not letting them have my cake. That's my bloody cake and I'm eating it.

I flinch. "Don't feel sorry for me, okay? Not ever. It makes my skin crawl.

I do not suffer fools

He didn't shut up when people wanted him to, he made them listen - and then he listened in return. He refused to take things lightly, though he was always quick to laugh.

Be decisive; no one likes a waffler"; "Never complain, never explain"—

I decided not to call again. I didn't want to keep saying things that made me feel weak.

She refused, over and over, to give any single person her devotion, preferring instead to make a home for herself that she defined on her own terms, and of which she was master.

I don't care what you think, so it's perfectly ok.

You look down on me, but I'm the strong one, I'm the strong one here. Do you see, Immie? Do you see?

Look at me! I'm big! I'm strong! I'm a superior example of froghood and capable of protecting us both!

Come this way immediately," commanded Cecil, who always felt that he must lead women, though he know not whither, and protect them, though he knew not against what.

Come this way immediately," commanded Cecil, who always felt that he must lead women, though knew not whither, and protect them, though he knew not against what.

The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away.

This is not a game of Who The Fuck Are You.

I intend to put up with nothing that I can put down.

The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.

I have learned to fail. And I have had my say.

Pablo var fyrtinn, stöðugt andsnúinn honum og vildi alltaf hafa rétt fyrir sér, en það voru þrjár óhrekjanlegar sannanir fyrir veikri skapgerð.

Don't tread on me.

Because I'm worth it!

You know you're a cheerleader when you have to yell, kick, and scream to get what you want.