Quotes About Assertiveness

I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.

I know who I am. When you get comfortable with yourself like that and you know you're doing the right thing, you can take a lot of crap.

When my colleagues went to endorse Rob Garagiola, nobody asked me for my opinion about that. And I didn't ask anybody else. I did what I thought was the right thing to do, and I made a decision, just like they did.

As long as you know that you're doing the right thing, do not care about what other people think about you.

Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.

You don't need approval and you don't need an excuse or explanation for living your own life. Remember that." Oh,

I used to wear heels to work every day. Suits, dresses with jackets, skirts and sweater sets, even dress slacks, but I always wore heels. I liked being as tall as the men. I liked looking them in the eye." "You liked intimidating them," he accused.

The newly developed snarky side of my personality wanted to tell him 'There's no crying in vamp battles.

A beginning of an unfinished conversation that I didn't have the guts to take control of.

Isn't mockery the province of the insecure?

the most sacred right of a person is to refuse o be manipulated, handled, cheated, and then kicked in the ass---.

Don't let anyone tell you that you don't have rights, because no one has the right to say that.

My petunias," she tells me in a flat voice, "are none of your business.

The main thing isn't knowing whether you're right or wrong. That really doesn't matter. The main thing is to keep people from bothering you.

That's how I am! eyes peeled, scientific! first things first! the big ones! the small ones!...if they're going to behead you...for example!...you don't take your eyes of the guillotine!...look, the blade's dull! -Executioner! you shout, hey, you lazy fucker! don't you have anyone sharpening that thing? And the executioner scurries off, shit-assed and sheepish!

the belief they didn't need their

No me importa lo que puedan opinar. No tengo interés en verme como me ven los otros. Phillipa Gordon. Ana la de la isla.

You may be a lady but your are still the man!

She held out her hand. "What is it you want?" he rumbled. "Your ring." He frowned. "And if I'm not inclined to give it?" "Then you'll have a few silent days to look forward to." She lifted her eyebrows in challenge. "And you know how good I am at that." He muttered under his breath as he pulled off the ring and handed it to her.

Life was too damned short to constantly push your own desires down and always do what others wanted. On

We must not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.

It is precisely because I valued myself that I was unwilling to remain miserable in a school and whole social environment that did not fit my needs. It is because the housewife had regard for herself that she refused to tolerate any longer a marriage that so totally limited her freedom and repressed her personality. It is because the businessman cared for himself that he was no longer willing to nearly kill himself in order to meet the expectations of his mother.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent

It is not your job to make other people comfortable with who you are.