Quotes About Assertiveness

Ruby: How nice for you all. How is the wonderfully helpful Ursula? Rosie: Wonderfully helpful. Yesterday she told me I had problems discussing my feelings. Ruby: And? Rosie: And I told her that made me feel angry and that she could go fuck herself. Ruby: Well expressed. Rosie: Thank you. I don't see where there was a problem, I successfully explained how I felt and she clearly understood what I meant. No problems . . .

If you want to do something, you have to do it now. If you want to say something, you have to say it now. And more importantly, you have to do it yourself. It's your life, you're the one who dies, you're the one who loses it.

There was a difference within me today. I didn't care what his problem was. I didn't care if I had done something to annoy him. This time I knew it wasn't my fault. It had never been my fault.

Oh don't let people walk all over you Buttercup. It's your life. If you want something, you need to get out there and grab it by the horns because no one is going to give you what you want on a plate. Good girls always come second.

Ne jotka eivät juo kahvia, ovat heikkoja ja huteria. Heillä ei yleensä ole mielipidettä mistään, ja jos onkin, he pelkäävät sanoa sen ääneen.

I am the youngest of 14 children, so I rarely got a chance to speak. If I have an opportunity for talking, I talk

From someone who doesn't want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette

I am a woman, hear me roar, I said. Gosh, what prompted that? Amelia asked, and I jumped

Sookie, Eric said. I didn't think he'd heard a word. Yield to me. Well, that was pretty direct.

Bring it on, fur-ass!

Bill said, She is mine. I wondered if my hands would move. They would. I raised both of them, making an unmistakable one-fingered gesture. Eric laughed, and Bill said Sookie! in shocked admonishment. I think that Sookie is telling us she belongs to herself, Eric said softly.

Sookie: Eric, when I'm back to being myself, I'm going to nail your ass for putting me in this position of being pledged to you. Eric: Darling, you can nail my ass anytime, he said charmingly, and turned to go back to his table. Pam rolled her eyes. You two, she said. Hey this isn't any of my doing, I said, which wasn't entirely true. But it was a good exit line, and I took advantage of it to leave the bar.

This was the trump card male bullies played, always. I was sick of it—sick of being scared of the bogeyman's dick.

People stubbornly lived their lives as they wanted, without regard to me, to an amazing degree.

If I have to climb to heaven on a ladder, I shall decline the invitation.

I love it when a man knows his place - right, ladies?

Many of us are taught to be ladies and keep our opinions to ourselves. But you can be completely railroaded if you don't make your point known by giving your opinion and speaking up.

The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.

I don't feel like the 'first,' or the last, or a lady. I am Brigitte Macron!

I've had meetings where there were literally, like, 12 angry men in a room and me. And even when everyone shot me down, I somehow dug in one more time.

I know in the business world, some women won't speak if there are men in meetings for fear of being seen as too assertive.

I can walk into meetings now and ask for equal pay, and the people will listen to me. They may not give it to me, but I will be listened to. That's huge.

When I put my mind to it I can be a megalomaniac.

I am more than proud to be European. I love Europe, I love France, but I have an American mentality, and I don't know why. The way I see things, the way I talk, I'm the kind of person who, if I want to say something, I will say it - sometimes in Europe, it's not always what you need to do.