Quotes About Assertiveness

If you don't watch it people will force you one way or the other, into doing what they think you should do, or into just being mule-stubborn and doing the opposite out of spite.

Ron Kraybill, a respected Christian mediator, has noted that "effective confrontation is like a graceful dance from supportiveness to assertiveness and back again." This dance may feel awkward at first for those who are just learning it, but perseverance pays off. With God's help you can learn to speak the truth in love by saying only what will build others up, by listening responsibly to what others say, and by using principles of wisdom.

Kate gave a disdainful wave of her hand. "I poo-poo the chit." The attendant looked stunned. "You cannot poo-poo the chit!" "I do," she said solemnly. "I do poo-poo.

I made up my mind I'm not going to pay attention to what people think. I've done that too long—all my life. I'm not going to live that way anymore.

Mas a verdade é que chega-se sempre longe demais quando não se quer Ir Direto Aos Fatos

but none of whom gave the impression of being willing to put up with questionable behavior from anyone else ever again.

My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now.

My generation of bossy, confident, baby-boom women were something brand new in history. Our energy and assertiveness weren't created by Betty Friedan, unknown before her 1963 book, or by Gloria Steinem, whose political activism, as even the Lifetime profile admitted, did not begin until 1969.

Don't sit back and be a bystander of your own life

Declining to hear "no" is a signal that someone is either seeking control or refusing to relinquish it. With strangers, even those with the best intentions, never, ever relent on the issue of "no," because it sets the stage for more efforts to control. If you let someone talk you out of the word "no," you might as well wear a sign that reads, "You are in charge.

needs to have the ability to stand up and leave if it is no longer productive to stay.

If you let someone talk you out of the word "no," you might as well wear a sign that reads, "You are in charge.

The worst response when someone fails to accept "no" is to give ever-weakening refusals and then give in.

the simple defense for forced teaming, which is to make a clear refusal to accept the concept of partnership: "I did not ask for your help and I do not want it.

I encourage people to remember that "no" is a complete sentence.

No" is a word that must never be negotiated, because the person who chooses not to hear it is trying to control you.

If you tell someone ten times that you don't want to talk to him, you are talking to them—nine more times than you wanted to.

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I might have been eleven years old and a little socially immature, but I recognized a gauntlet being thrown down when I saw it, and I had no choice but to take it up.

Anyhow, she didn't care, that people called her a bitch. 'It's just another word for feminist,' she told me with pride.

she was another tough-as-nails, tender-as-kittens, feminist bitch.

I think I'll try the cinnamon-spice chai latte," she said, giving me a stern look that said, I will not be ashamed of my beverage selection.

In my mind, I am bold and forthright, but what comes out always seems to be so meek and polite.

to fight with the best of them, but with words, with lots and