Quotes About Assertiveness

I would say that my forte is cutting the line. My entire life's work is me having zero patience and not waiting in a line.

Imagine you're doing your thing, and somebody comes up to you and just kills your mojo. Just tell them, 'No flex zone!'

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight to the blood.

He who can lick can bite.

He that rides his hobby gently must always give way to him that rides his hobby hard.

I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard.

Ef women want any rights more'n dey got, why don't dey jes' take 'em and not be talkin' about it.

All talk of women's rights is moonshine. Women have every right. They have only to exercise them.

Nagging is the repetition of unpalatable truths.

The people who truly know me know what I'm like. There have been people who try to say things that aren't fair, and I check them. And then they don't like me because I checked them.

I'm just trying to show people that I ain't gotta ride off no movement. I can ride off myself.

What I'm trying to say to girls is don't let these guys be in your head.

I see myself as a flashlight in the dark. I'm not trying to be overlooked anymore.

We must have the audacity to turn up the frequency of our truths.

So I've learned in the past, if a company approaches me and they want something like this, or something like that that I've done and I turn them down, they're going to do it anyhow.

To be a Hottie you gotta have a lot of self-love, a lot of confidence, you gotta be able to put your foot down. Hotties are supposed to turn other people into Hotties too. If you see someone that's not quite confident, you gotta be the Hottie to gas up your friend.

I need someone who is able to hold her own - if a girl is really independent, that's a turn-on for me.

I have turned down a lot of garbage lately.

I am not a pacifist in terms of turning the other cheek.

I stand behind all my tweets. If I tweeted it and I said it, I am not apologizing for it.

Twice I let people talk me out of good ideas.

I refused to be filmed getting off a bus twice. The director said, 'I'm an award-winning director. Please do it', and I said, 'I never thought I'd say this, but I'm an award-winning actress with a bad leg, and if your film depends on seeing me get in and out of a bus, we're in trouble.'

"You," the female on the bed said, her timbre shaded with irrittion. "New guy. Angel Boy. Colonel Curls, or whatever you want to be called. I'm done asking, so now I'm commanding. Free me.

The best way to avoid trouble is to make sure no one wants to trouble you.