Quotes About Assertiveness

The thing that you're faulted on today is not that you are too tough, or not that you aren't careful. It's that you might have been too soft. People want that red meat now because you have to keep up with the mood and the mood today is harsh. It really is.

If my style is too direct for some, maybe they should toughen up a bit.

I think too many Democrats are too wimpy. But I think they're beginning to toughen up.

I'm working on getting tougher with self-defence classes.

If you know me from my NXT days, you know that I always walk around saying that I'm the strongest and I'm the toughest; that's in me.

So, as I step out and take these first steps on this journey to do my own thing, I didn't want to have to get anybody's approval on anything. I didn't want to have to ask a record label 'Is this okay for the album cover? What time do you think I should go on tour this year?'

I feel like I let people know I'm not a toy.

I want to tell BJP and Congress that BSP is not a toy for anyone. It's an independent party formed at the national level.

If you are going to take away war toys, then what are you to replace them with? Children need to feel courageous, brave, and assertive. They need to feel strong; that is the purpose of their play.

My sisters and my mum taught me how to be a woman: the way they carry themselves, the way they talk to people, the way they know how to put their foot down. They're not having any nonsense from no one. I can see traces of that in me.

Passive aggressive behavior is counter productive. Communication is key to a healthy personal and work relationship.

I can drown a drink of water. I can kill a dead tree. Don't mess with Muhammad Ali.

I also learned to be more confident, to trust my instincts more.

You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can't.

Trust your instincts, and take control.

If the truth isn't enough, then you must become stronger at presenting it.

True, Irene Conridge was a hell of a lot tougher than a battalion of well-trained Roman soldiers, but he was a descendant of barbarians…he'd get what he wanted. And he wanted her. So he'd have her—and she'd better be goddamn glad about it, too.

hate me, too . . . because I'm always right. I understand how painful that must be for others who aren't always right.

Good Lord! Get off the cross, we need the wood.

She folded her arms in front of her chest. "You come the rest of the way." "Why?" "Because I'm worth every step you'll take.

She lifted her chin and returned his unyielding gaze. "Do what you will." His blue eyes darkened to the color of a moonlit sky. "You should be careful, milady, about issuing such an invitation.

Bitch please...you haven't seen mean yet.

A dreamgirl, on the other hand, won't kill herself to impress anyone.

Relationship Principle 5 Don't believe what anyone tells you about yourself.