Quotes About Assertiveness

You don't turn the cheek. I was always taught you turn your head at somebody coming after you, you're going to get hit in the back of the head or worse.

I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not.

It's one thing to be this 'tough chick,' but you also have to be likeable.

I am the baddest chick, I am that person.

I am the ultimately chippy person, and I am glad I am. I have a chip on each shoulder, so I am well-balanced.

If you claim something, you can own it.

I claim the right to take a stand once in a while.

Superwoman is one of those superheroes that knows her power and is very comfortable in her power.

Some people confuse confidence with arrogance. There's no doubt in the business world there are a few big egos and I think arrogance can get in the way. But if you have the confidence to go to your higher superior and say this is wrong, it can make a difference.

Practically every time I speak up at a school conference, a political event, or my apartment building association's annual meeting, I'm met with a display of someone else's superior intelligence.

It's never been a point of reference to look to a man. It's not always a good thing, I suppose, but I think independence is always preferable to dependence.

I'm very sure of myself - what I do and what I like.

There's nothing like making a decision when you're a football referee. It really pushes you to be very clear - to make that decision and to sell it to everybody who's there. You believe in it, but you have to make sure other people believe in it, too.

Before I put another notch in my lipstick case, you better make sure you put me in my place.

I can be a lady - surprise!

I don't like your manner, Kingsley said in a voice you could have crack a Brazil nut on. That's all right, I said. I'm not selling it.

I didn't ask to see you. You sent for me. I don't mind your ritzing me or drinking your lunch out of a Scotch bottle. I don't mind your showing me your legs. They're very swell legs and it's a pleasure to make their acquaintance. I don't mind if you don't like my manners. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings. But don't waste your time trying to cross-examine me.

If I'm wrong, you can prove it on me and I'll eat my chair cushion.

We need to stop telling the story about the woman who stayed home, passive and dependent, waiting for her man. She wasn't sitting around waiting. She was busy. She still is.

as a shout-out to one of the more unpleasant men who have explained things to me: Dude, if you're reading this, you're a carbuncle on the face of humanity and an obstacle to civilization. Feel the shame.

Mr. Very Important was going on smugly about this book I should have known when Sallie interrupted him, to say, "That's her book." Or tried to interrupt him anyway.

Sometimes you just have to reach out and grab what you want, even when they tell you not to.

Your feelings are the utmost priority, your desires are more important than anyone else's deadline or mandate.

If you're not comfortable with anger, you're not comfortable with power