Quotes About Assertiveness

I'll start caring about what other people think when I'm six feet under.

Avoid being trapped in a corner of worries by walking away from those who take your kindness for granted.

Never waste your time trying to prove them that you were not wrong, they know the truth.

My purely practical advice: Don't get excited. Don't raise your voice. Bite back. Bite back hard, but never cry.

Have the self-confidence to say no when it is necessary and the strength to stand alone. Give yourself the approval to love and respect everything that you are and will become.

Walk straight ahead look straight ahead don't stop don't pose sharp turns be confident love yourself.

I love creepy old dudes. I love that they have so much self-confidence, despite having no evidence whatsoever to back it up.

Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to "prove their love" like a moose needs a hat rack.

I love the idea that I'm the oldest one in the room because I can get away with anything!

I want to live like a man.

I was recently told by a guy friend that red lipstick during the summer is distracting, and I said, "You need to shut up because I love red lips in the summer." Guys are stupid, moral of the story.

Ich verdanke dir mein Leben. Ich weiß. Wenn du Wert darauf legst, ich kann es jeden Tag einmal sagen: ich verdanke dir mein Leben (...) Du ekelst mich (...) Geh pissen (...) Heul nicht deinen Schnaps aus den Augen, wenn du ihn nicht halten kannst, sag ich, geh

Go, she whispered. Go. Show them you spell your name W-O-M-A-N.

A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.

The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough. She must have convinced herself, that she, her values, and her choices are important. In a time and world where males hold sway and control, the pressure upon women to yield their rights-of-way is tremendous. And it is under those very circumstances that the woman's toughness must be in evidence.

When I walk in, they may like me or dislike me, but everybody knows I'm here

The white kids had better vocabularies than I and, what was more appalling, less fear in the classrooms. They never hesitated to hold up their hands in response to a teacher's question; even when they were wrong they were wrong aggressively, while I had to be certain about all my facts before I dared to call attention to myself.

The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough. She must have convinced herself, or be in the unending process of convincing herself, that she, her values, and her choices are important. In a time and world where males hold sway and control, the pressure upon women to yield their rights-of-way is tremendous. And it is under those very circumstances that the woman's toughness must be in evidence.

If you don't protect yourself, you look like a fool asking somebody else to protect you. [..] A woman needs to support herself before she asks anyone else to support her.

Of course I could drive. Idiots and lunatics drove cars, why not the brilliant Marguerite Johnson?

But, don't let anybody make you do something you don't think is right. Your mother already raised you. Stay steady. And if that makes somebody mad, they can scratch their mad place and get glad.

They never hesitated to hold up their hands in response to a teacher's question; even when they were wrong they were wrong aggressively, while I had to be certain about all my facts before I dared to call attention to myself.

Does my sassiness upset you? Does my sexiness offend you?

I cannot allow another man to take what I already consider mine.