Quotes About Assertiveness

Unless you know what you want, you can't ask for it.

Being the boss of your own career, you get used to having veto power and getting what you want, or as close to what you want as you have mapped out.

I want you to like me, but I don't care if you don't.

I've learned to really just say no. If I don't want to do something, I won't do it. There's nothing that can make me do anything.

I'm not being weird, you're being a little rude. Don't you think as a host, when I say 'this is what I want to talk about' that's what we should address?

At my age...I'm going to do what I want and I haven't got time for anything else.

At this point of my life, I'm 32 and I feel sexier than ever because you know what you want.

You want me to tell you what my husband thinks? My husband is not secretary of state; I am. If you want my opinion, I will tell you my opinion. I am not going to be channeling my husband.

As a director, if you know what you want, then it's not scary.

I've learned that sometimes when people don't like what you have to say, and don't want to debate you on ideas, it's just easier to call you a dumb blonde from Fox News.

Whatever he might have denied me was unimportant; it was the fact that he could deny me anything at all, even what I didn't want

I think I'm in control of what I do and what I've done. I think that's the ultimate feminine power. Do as you want.

The great difficulty is that you cannot be nice. If you want to take back the power, you have to behave in ways that are not conforming and will not be about pleasing other people.

I can do anything I want to do!

I think the hardest thing is to know what you want, ask for it, and then to stop talking.

If you're just really loud, people just want - will give you what you want just to get you to shut up.

My ego doesn't need soothing. I don't want him soothing anything of mine, including you.

Be more assertive with what you want to do.

Do you want me to ride you like a rented mule, or do you prefer to be Mr. Missionary Position? I'm fine with wither, so it doesn't matter to me.

True power arises in knowing what you want, knowing what you don't want, expressing it clearly and lovingly without attachment to the outcome.

And ordering me around is exactly the wrong way to make me do what you want.

Sometimes you just have to reach out and grab what you want, even when they tell you not to. This is something that I've struggled with my whole life long.

The most powerful place you can come from is just having a really deep knowing of who you are and what you want for yourself.

Ask for 100% of what you want 100% of the time.