Quotes About Assertiveness

Want to know the best part of being a warlord?' came a hoarse whisper. I bit my lip, puzzled by the question. Keir's mouth curled up slowly into a smile. 'I always get what I want.

Fear makes you silent when you need to be loud and loud when you need silence.

I, of course, took the opportunity to interpose with pigheaded Wallace pride, 'I am not English, you ignorant Jerry bastard, I am a SCOT.

Start thinking positively. You will notice a difference. Instead of 'I think I'm a loser,' try 'I definitely am a loser.' Stop being wishy-washy about things! How much more of a loser can you be if you don't even know you are one? Either you are a loser or you are not. Which is it, stupid?

Start thinking positively. You will notice a difference. Instead of "I think I'm a loser," try "I definitely am a loser." Stop being wishy-washy about things! How much more of a loser can you be if you don't even know you are one? Either you are a loser or you are not. Which is it, stupid?

If she wanted something a certain way, and I was against it just to be bossy – then that would be controlling. If I had insisted on something that showed I cared only about myself – that would be controlling. But when you set a goal that shows you care about your loved ones and you stick to it even when people are against you, that's being strong.

He rarely saw a doorway without advancing through it as if he owned it. Since he owned a good many doorways, he would have pointed out that this was a reasonable assumption.

Unless/until you believe in yourself someone else/others can't/won't believe in you. Yes! and so, you've got to believe in yourself undoubtedly. For, once you are self-confident. Others/the world at large will have no other option than to wholly believe in you.

You worth so much. So, refuse to be disregarded by anyone. ~Emeasoba George

Mai bine s-o rupi cu toat? lumea decât s?-nghiÅ£i o umilint? dup? alta.

Acaso no seguimos siendo los viejos Tigres de Mompracem?- repuso el portugués-. Donde ponemos las garras, arrancamos lo que queremos. ¿Quieres una prueba?

Put a grain of boldness into everything you do.

Old maids who have never yielded in their habits of life or in their characters to other lives and other characters, as the fate of woman exacts, have, as a general thing, a mania for making others give way to them.

I think you must have forgotten, Anita," the Duke said, "that I told you never to come to a conservatory alone with a man unless you wanted him to make love to you." "I-I never - thought - " "That it applied to me?" the Duke finished. "Well, it does!

playing small as they say nowadays, afraid of making others uncomfortable.

You can't ask for what you want unless you know what it is. A lot of people don't know what they want or they want much less than they deserve. First you have figure out what you want. Second, you have to decide that you deserve it. Third, you have to believe you can get it. And, fourth, you have to have the guts to ask for it.

We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

First rule of self-defense is: Don't ask your attacker for validation.

First rule of self-defense is: Don't ask your attacker for validation. Never apologize for sticking up for yourself.

Someone has to stand up for wimps.

Don't depend on a partner for your self-esteem. Never give away your value to someone else.

One shouldn't allow oneself to be intimidated by something that can be picked up and tucked under one's arm.

Most characteristics associated with leaders are masculine: dominance, authority, assertiveness, and so forth.