Quotes About Assertiveness

When things are not fair, I speak my mind.

I'm not interested in playing the girl that's just there to make the guy, you know, give him a talking to.

I'm not interested in constructive criticism, believe me.

I am not interested in trying to convince and change the mind of a bigot.

I don't know where I come from but I'm here now so deal with it.

Every now and then, I deserve to say what I feel.

A bit of arrogance is nice every now and then.

Nowadays, I could not care less about making other people like me. I'm a good person, I don't need to do that anymore.

Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.

I'm a lady, and I run my business with dignity. I don't need to be tough. You get nowhere screaming.

No shade to the other artists in Chicago... but if you got confidence in yourself and you know you're Number One, say it.

There is no doubt in my mind who is number one - I have always been number one.

I'm not in the business of holding people's hands after I've expressed to them my needs numerous times.

Some of my friends said, 'You are nuts.' But I think I am right.

I'm not under obligation to provide information to everyone that wants it when they want it.

Goldstein, you'd be a pretty good boy if you wasn't so chicken.

I am not in so great a hurry to put my neck beneath any man's foot; and I do not so greatly admire the crying of babies

May I offer you my protection?' 'Good heavens, no,' she was amused: 'I don't need protection. I'm an Englishwoman.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

You teach people how to treat you.

I was once afraid of people saying, "Who does she think she is?" Now I have the courage to stand and say, "This is who I am.

Don't back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for yourself builds self confidence and self esteem.

When I accepted that I was a decent, kind, and giving person—whether I said yes or no—I no longer had anything to prove. I was once afraid of people saying, "Who does she think she is?" Now I have the courage to stand and say, "This is who I am.

The world takes us at our own valuation. It believes in the man who believes in himself, but it has little use for the timid man, the one who is never certain of himself; who cannot rely on his own judgment, who craves advice from others, and is afraid to go ahead on his own account.