Quotes About Assertiveness

Being submissive does not mean that we don't give honest feedback.

I'm not going to live with you! a small voice shouted from the kitchen doorway. Beth looked past Keith to see Ben, his expression horrified. Ben started to back away. I'm not going to do it!

I've made it my business to condition and train folks to understand that you'll never know what's going to come out of my mouth.

I have a mouth and I'm not afraid to use it.

I guess I'm a black woman with a mouth.

You talk to the boss about your ideas and things like that, and all he can say is yes or no. I mean, you don't open your mouth, you don't give him your ideas, you're not really trying.

When I start running my mouth, I start running facts. I start giving guys numbers. I start giving guys ideas of where I come from and where I work.

I was always a shy little guy and people in Holland are famous for having big mouths! So you've got to have a big mouth to defend yourself.

I sometimes tell a director that I want to work with him. I tell him twice. After that if he still doesn't give me a call, I move on.

I make moves on my terms.

I don't pay much attention to career or what other people think. I've always been quite arrogant.

I'm not scared of Bayern Munich.

When I first joined with Murphy, I had to make a character change. I wasn't confident in myself about that at all, but I remember my mom telling me that once something clicks with me... I had to... come in and kick the door down and let everyone know who I am.

You can have a good time and kick some butt - they're not mutually exclusive.

My motto is never let anyone dull your shine.

I am a leader in my own world. That's enough for me.

I'll be the judge of my own manliness.

I say what I say because I believe it from the bottom of my soul and I can back it up.

I don't have to mumble something under my breath when someone asks me what I do anymore. I can just say, definitively, 'I'm an author.' And the best part? That's not a myth. That's just the truth.

Sometimes you're going to be inexperienced, naive, untested, and totally right. And then, in those moments, you have to make a choice: is this a time to speak up, or hang back?

I don't care if someone calls me names.

The bald look intimidates people. Short and nasty.

If you're nasty to me in my place of business, I'm going to be really nasty back.

I feel like what made 'Nasty' so fire was it was finally something that they couldn't take from me.