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Quotes About Assertiveness

I'm not just another bimbo.
~ Christina Aguilera
When I was playing Bishop, I would always walk on set thinking, 'This is my show; this is a show all about me.'
~ Mike Colter
I love blocking people. I'm not afraid to block anybody.
~ Ashley Graham
You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.
~ Christine Baranski
I want people to hear me and feel like they can be bold as well.
~ Stefflon Don
Being bold and standing our ground is important, and making sure you don't allow people to run all over you.
~ Maddie Marlow
There is something about boldness and fearlessness and being free enough to speak what is on one's mind that warrants freedom.
~ Cornel West
Male bonding is the idea of having the confidence to say, 'I'm going to take you down.'
~ Glen Powell
When I played, I thought I was one of the 10 baddest guys in the world and should change for work in a phone booth. You need to think that way.
~ Howie Long
Putting the boots to somebody, that's what I do best.
~ Ivory
When I am batting on the crease, I am the boss.
~ Ajinkya Rahane
I am the boss of me. You can't change anyone else. Women think they can. But you know what? You can't.
~ Lorraine Bracco
I like being a boss.
~ Joanna Coles
There was a reason they called me 'the female boss' in N-Dubz - I did all the talking.
~ Tulisa
When some new guy wants to beat you, and you know you are better than him, you will make him see immediately who is the boss.
~ Toni Kukoc
I've always been bossy.
~ Shirley Temple
I'm a boss by nature. I'm bossy. I'm not imperious, but I don't really want people to curtsy low before me and back out of rooms, but I do like to run things.
~ Helen Hayes
Seeking to ban things is as bossy as you can get.
~ Victoria Coren Mitchell
'Bossy' is someone who bosses people around without reason.
~ Stefanie Powers
I don't bother anybody, but I don't let people walk over me.
~ Wilson Pickett
People don't follow me around, and they don't stop me in a way where it's excessive or invasive. It's always respectful. If it's not, I set my boundaries, and I walk away. That's just what you kind of have to do.
~ Frances Bean Cobain
We have to establish time boundaries and learn how to say no.
~ Alexandra Stoddard
I'll never be known for my work with boundaries.
~ Carrie Fisher
The more I get into this industry the more I kind of see that it'll take as much as you give. So for me, setting boundaries is sometimes saying no, and just being like, 'Actually I don't want to do that' even though people might in my situation say yes.
~ Jaz Sinclair