Quotes About Assertiveness

I don't believe in poking nose in other people's matters, but when it comes to matters related to me or something that affects me, I will not shy away for saying something I believe.

I will attack ideas very hard. I am not shy about that one bit. So I don't want people to think that because I had a call for civility that that means I shy away from debate and that I'm agreeable. That's not the case. What is the case is that I will not question who you are as a person.

I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong.

I've always been quite shy. Very confident but very shy.

I think when people see that you are shy, or even just calm, collected and reserved, they think you can be pushed around, made to do everything they want - but that's definitely not true of me. The people closest to me know that's not the case. They know I'm not a pushover.

I still have shy qualities but nobody would believe that, just because we're in the forefront and I can talk a lot of mess and I can run my mouth.

I am essentially very shy. Which, I guess, is why I'm very good at not being shy.

I've always known what I've wanted, but I used to be shy about expressing that in regards to my career. So I've become a lioness. If something's happening that I don't necessarily feel comfortable about, I will speak my mind. Or if I want to do something, I go for it.

Sometimes men tend to get a little shy, so if the woman wants to make the first move, go ahead!

I was very shy and withdrawn as a child, but people know me as these assertive women. They are not me.

Having kids is the deal-breaker on shyness! Once you have a baby, you learn to speak up loud and clear to protect them, defend them, and encourage them. I have three sons, so I've experienced that in triplicate.

I was the middle of five children, and we were five very opinionated siblings. That probably pushed me to learn to speak up for myself.

I'm not Drake's sidekick.

We need to come out and assert ourselves on both sides of the court.

I hate getting the ball and passing it sideways or backwards. I hate it.

I never call myself a Kennedy cousin. In fact, when I signed my contract with Bravo, I made it very clear that they were not allowed in promos to refer to me as a Kennedy cousin. I'm not that person. I don't feel it.

Policing has to be done compassionately and consistently. You cannot police differently in Harlem than you're policing downtown. The same laws must apply. The same procedures must be employed. Certain areas at certain times may have more significant crime and require more police presence or more assertiveness, but it has to be balanced.

We are not a minor power in the Middle East; we are a significant player.

What I am signing and what I'm not, I do not discuss with either of my parents. I decide.

I will not allow anyone to shut me up or shame me into silence, and I'm not going to rot away behind closed doors.

No one nor anything can silence me.

The only way to silence a room that's laughing at you is to sort of take over.

I refuse to be silenced.

My voice is not going to be silenced by anybody.