Quotes About Assertiveness

So Mr.Bass why do you think you should become an Usher?" asked the interviewer.Chuck smiled. Because I'm Chuck Bass.

Celeste Bradley

Don't ever smile if you don't want to," she said, and Hannah, half-blinded by the spotlight of Lydia's whole attention, nodded. "Remember that.

When Lexie ordered from a menu, she never said, "Could I have . . . ?" She said, "I'll have . . ." confidently, as if she had only to say it to make it so.

Mr. Frank. I want to be called Grace or Grace S., please," Miss Lois said, "Now

Some might think you suicidal." "Well, 'some' can stick it up their ass.

Nobody picks on a strong man.

I don't care what people think, people are stupid

Anyway, what I've just told you was what prompted the chair incident. I had grown big, and he was trying to belittle me.

I went over to Jersey and talked to the guy. I told him not to be cutting somebody else's grass, to cut his own grass in his own yard. I told him this one's spoken for. I told him to go get his own trim — which is what we called it in those days, getting trim. I told him to look for your trim elsewhere.

Then tell the Wind and Fire where to stop, but don't tell me.

I will not allow anybody to interfere," said Mrs. Pocket. "I am surprised, Matthew, that you should expose me to the affront of interference.

have come to realize that I am the indispensable person only until the moment I say no.

You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage — pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically — to say "no" to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger "yes" burning inside.

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, you must say that you are.

I can, too, be a bitch sometimes

A man's a man who looks a man right between the eyes.

You need to own your feelings. Get more comfortable expressing yourself." "How about I express you out the nearest window?

Not that she took to the usual ministrations that followed her husband's death. When a cleric suggested to Victoria that "Henceforth you must remember that Christ Himself will be your husband," the queen declared, "This is what I call twaddle!"73

And girls need cold anger. They need the cold simmer, the ceaseless grudge, the talent to avoid forgiveness, the side stepping of compromise. They need to know when they say something that they will never back down, ever, ever.

Say "no" only when it really matters. Wear a bright red shirt with bright orange shorts? Sure. Put water in the toy tea set? Okay. Sleep with your head at the foot of the bed? Fine. Samuel Johnson said, "All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.

The most powerful word in time management is NO.

Tu ne vas pas me faire croire que tu sais allumer un feu de cheminée? s'amusa Billie. — Bien sûr que si ! répondis-je vexé. — Très bien, vas-y, homme, je te regarde avec mes yeux admiratifs de femme soumise.

We have to be able to dominate the game, and make sure that we aren't dominated ourselves.