Quotes About Assertiveness

I was never a ringleader, but I was willing, when asked questions, to give my opinion. And when you say things quite bluntly, it's very easy for people to hang their hats on that.

I'm strong headed: I believe in what I believe in.

I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.

Collaboration and collegiality does not mean bowing down. It doesn't mean being brought to heel.

We won't just automatically click our heels and follow the Americans.

I don't know if there will ever be a day that I'm not wearing heels. I'm a very big personality, and I don't like to look up at other people.

Being shy has never held me back.

Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.

I'm my own hero on the sets; why should I work with other heroes? The Khans did not want to work with me when I started. Why should I work with them now?

Those who know me know I won't hesitate to turn around and point someone out.

If you're really satisfied with your position on something, you just say, 'Hey;' you just very calmly present something.

All we want is a confident dude to come straight up... maybe. Just walk up and say, 'Hey, what's up?' And start from there.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating.

When you take yourself seriously you will make others take you seriously. You will put your ideas out there. You won't hide them. You won't delete them. You will keep trying.

I like a guy who is confident and easy-going, but a man who's a man, not a man who is a little boy. I like a man who is comfortable with himself.

Never use the passive where you can use the active.

La libertad es poder decir libremente que dos y dos son cuatro. Si se concede esto, todo lo demás vendrá por sus pasos contados.

And he began to understand how power worked in the White House. People didn't have it—they made it. If you wanted to be included in a meeting, you didn't wait for an invitation; you just showed up. He told Mikva, "If you don't use your power, you won't have any power.

Look, show your cock. It's the shortest line between two points. The world ain't giving away nice lives. You got a trust fund? You a genius? Show your cock. It's what you got.

and don't take no shit from nobody, unless taking shit from them is part of your master plan to get the best of them by tricking them into being your friend.

How could you receive a member of the Male Sex in your bedroom, and in your dressing gown? Sir, I must request you to leave immediately! You don't mean to tell me that's a dressing gown? interrupted Mr Carlton, a dangerous gleam in his eyes. Well, it's by far the most elegant one I've ever been privileged to see, and I suppose I must have seen scores of 'em in my time- paid for them too!

Don't you dare call me arrogant!If ever I had any at all-which I deny!- how much could I possibly have left after having been ridden over rough-shod by you and Thomas, do you imagine?

It is possible," said Miss Marling stiffly, "that Frederick and not Mary will have the ordering of the journey." Vidal chuckled. "Not if I know my Mary," he replied