Quotes About Assertiveness

Weak women get no respect.

I'm not a potted plant. I'm here as the lawyer. That's my job.

Raising children who are hopeful and who have the courage to be vulnerable means stepping back and letting them experience disappointment, deal with conflict, learn how to assert themselves, and have the opportunity to fail. If we're always following our children into the arena, hushing the critics, and assuring their victory, they'll never learn that they have the ability to dare greatly on their own.

You have to preserve your dignity. And your place in line . Otherwise they walk all over you. - Wallanders' father

I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up.

I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do.

I don't talk for your amusement.

I didn't refuse often enough.

Her real offense was having a mind of her own.

I welcomed the consciousness that I was charged with much to do, and I caused it to be known as well that, left thus to myself, I was quite remarkably firm.

She answered that she liked standing up and

In short, you have more power if you believe you have power and view your life's encounters as negotiations.

Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it.

Years and years of therapy taught me to speak up because speaking up is what gets things done and gets your story and your voice heard.

In a world that wants women to whisper, I choose to yell.

I'm a screamer and a yeller. When I want something, all I do is yell, and I get responses.

I don't really yell at people.

I don't lead with an iron fist. I don't yell at people. I have a way of making my opinion clear.

There's definitely ways to get your anger out and not have to yell and kick and scream and fight people. That's not my jam. That's never how I've been.

The best way to get somebody's attention is with a little quiet, and then yell at 'em.

I have no problem yelling at anybody's kid - free of charge!

My style of working is I'll often be behind the camera, or right next to the camera yelling words at people, like, 'Say this, say this! Say it this way!' I'll straight-up give Anthony Hopkins a line reading. I don't care.

By the way, if you do your job on behalf of your country, you have meetings where you put your position forward strongly, and the other side does the same thing. And I've had plenty of meetings in my career that really were heated, people yelling at each other.

A nice person is a 'yes' person, whereas a good person is a person who accepts their responsibility in things and moves forward and tries to constantly evolve and isn't afraid to say no or challenge someone or be honest or truthful.