Quotes About Assertiveness

Getting my breath back and managing a brief statement in my cut-glass Oxford tones, I was abruptly recognized as nonthreatening, brusquely advised to fuck off, and off I duly and promptly fucked.

If you don't state a clear preference, then your drink is like a bad game of poker or a hasty drug transaction: It is whatever the dealer says it is. Please do try to bear this in mind.

You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute, And now and then stab as occasion serves.

She gave him the wide, green-eyed expression that she would have described as I will slap you so far into next week that it will take a team of surgeons just to get Wednesday out of your ass.

She can be a whirlwind of tits and terror when she puts her mind to a purpose, can't she, sir?

And I was all, Don't be gross, you crustacious fuck. You pull that thing out and I'll pepper-spray you until you fry. (You have to be stern with weenie waggers--I've been exposed to on the bus over seventeen times, so I know.)

You motherfucking kitties need to step the fuck off!

I'm very insecure, actually, but I have found that if you roll up screaming like a madwoman, hair on fire, guns blazing, no one is going to mention the zit on your forehead." Which

will smack that bitch up and take her bag of quarters! I will not be fucked with!

It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission.

Should I pander to your.....incompetence so you'll feel better? I don't think so.

If wish to remain above the forces here, do not let anyone's disapproval dictate your actions.

do not let anyone's disapproval dictate your actions.

Don't let anyone's disapproval dictate your actions.

If you wish to remain above the forces here, do not let anyone's disapproval dictate your actions.

You can't go on all the time being whatever's necessary. Youve got to have some conviction, and I'm convinced I don't want to be anyone's underdog.

Mr. Stanton never questioned his own authority to command, unless resisted. He cared nothing for the feeling of others. In fact it seemed to be pleasanter to him to disappoint than to gratify.

los tíos querían que me quedase con el clarín porque era más barato: la trompeta debía de costar una fortuna y no podía imponer ese sacrificio a los tíos. Siempre me habían enseñado que cuando te ofrecen algo que te gusta tienes que decir enseguida no gracias, y no una sola vez, no decir no gracias y después tender la mano, sino esperar que el otro insista, que te diga por favor. Sólo entonces el niño educado puede ceder.

You know, Sanger, Barnum may have said that it matters not what is said about you so long as it is said, but I am eloquent enough to knock that theory into a cocked hat should I be required to do so.

You respect yourself, it makes it harder for others to disrespect you.

One must get used to speaking of one's virtues bravely, to people's faces. Who is to know, if not we ourselves, to what degree we are good?

Kata-kata keras dan pedas menunjukkan alasan yang lemah.

I don't want your money, said she.

The only way to fight a bully is to stand your ground. Be brave, Grandpa Walt would say. Pretend if you have to.