Quotes About Assertiveness

But some people don't want you to do what you think is right. Some people want you to do what they think is right.

This is not a sales call, Mr. Farrelly. I do people's books and taxes. I don't sell young men. Nat is a grown man. He can speak for himself. If you want to know more about him, why not ask him directly? He's sitting right over there.

But some people don't want you to do what you think is right. Some people want you to do what they think is right. Anyway,

A human life is a very different place when you can tell people what you need.

I've a devil of a habit for being right.

Never give up your voice for a man, you fucking guppy.

That is the trouble with standing up to people, of course. Once you start doing it, you can hardly stop.

I am a Magyr. I could crush your skull with my hands and drink this rat town under the table afterwards. And if I wanted to kill myself a passel of sailors, I'd bloody well do it with cannon, saber, and a fist in the teeth, not by batting my damn eyelashes. You'd be wise to remember it, Maggie, my love, and if we see a mermaid on our jaunt across the high seas, the best thing for all of us would be to let Sheapshank here put an arrow through her giggling head.

It is important to announce your intentions at top volume, she thought, or your intentions will think you are ashamed of them.

She didn't like to say things flatly, but sometimes it is the perfect antidote to someone trying to convince you the noose in their hand is a lovely silk ribbon for your hair.

I am not a doormat. I get to decide what I will or won't do in this life, nobody else, and, no matter how cute Marley Hayes might be, he doesn't get to boss me around. (Lexie)

Subtly, she was telling him that she had her own life, her own business. An independent woman could always leave.

If the shoe fits," she ground out, "lace up that bitch and wear it!

It was like Tobin had told her: they didn't matter. She never should have given them that much power.

Oh, why do I even care what other people think?

Everyone back the fuck up! I am not that pretty!

But I was also a big mouth, I started to develop a troubled relationship with Harry Shorten.

As happy as I am off the floor, on the floor I am the opposite. I don't take any crap.

Increasingly political, assertive, articulate, and outspoken as we age, many of us become, paradoxically, the girls we were once: wild, hearty, courageous, and playful.

I'd say it's time for women to make a stand. And it's far, far easier to make a stand when you're wearing comfortable shoes.

Honoring your own boundaries is the clearest message to others to honor them, too.

The next time someone tries to make you feel bad about feeling good, respond by continuing to live well.

Stand up for yourself by not standing yourself up.

You'd be surprised who will back down when you speak up.