Quotes About Assertiveness

One must defy, not apologize.

The main thing is: Don't take any shit. That's the main thing. The unmain thing is: You are not going to figure anything out except how to get other people to take shit, so forget about everything except not taking any yourself.

went from hoping things would work out to seeing that they were working out. I am actually doing this, I thought. Maybe I'm not just flying by the seat of my pants. I didn't want to be passive anymore, personally or professionally. In that moment, I came into being as my real and present professional self.

No matter what a woman looks like, if she's confident, she's sexy

I think it's important for girls to be confident. Believe in yourself and ... everybody's hot

I'm so smart now. Everyone's always like 'take your top off'. Sorry, NO! They always want to get that money shot. I'm not stupid.

And he also lost his fear of individuals and of his superiors.

Draw yourself up to your full height and look your audience straight in the eyes, and begin to talk as confidently as if every one of them owed you money. Imagine that they do. Imagine that they have assembled there to bet you for an extension of credit. The psychological effect on you will be beneficial.

I don't care if he's the prince," she fired back.

When my passions flare, diplomacy is not my métier

I should be arguing vehemently with doctors, demanding results, I should be surrounded by people who are bleeding and screaming and shocking one another with defibrillators.

I've gotten to the point where I'm not even a little apologetic about this business of not eating stuff that's bad for me. No one else has to live with my fat, work through my energy and mood swings, pay my doctor bills, fight my cravings, for face my family history of diabetes and cancer. If people insist, I can get a little testy.

I totally bought you as a girl, says Marisol. I'll double check with Frances later, but by the sounds of things, you seem to have no balls.

Not that leaders need to be overly "nice"; the emotional art of leadership includes pressing the reality of work demands without unduly upsetting people.

or assertive when it comes to expressing unpleasant truths in certain contexts. Finally, for the record I am not the "inventor" or "father" of the idea of emotional intelligence. I first saw the term proposed by Peter Salovey and John Mayer in a 1990 article, and some have suggested it was in use even before that date.

That capacity, for example, allows a teen who feels pressured by his friends to take drugs to tell them "No," and still keep them as friends. Students tend to

Dan, you don't mean to tell me that you didn't get in touch with the bookstores in Detroit and tell them about it." "No," I said. "I'm kind of shy. And I didn't think it was my job." "Dan, you shouldn't hide your light under a bushel

I said shut up once already, with my mouth.

Go empower yourself. You need confidence because the one thing that bullying does is it belittles you, and it takes away your confidence, and nobody deserves that.

I always tried to bring confidence to the game.

Believing in yourself and having confidence gives you outer strength.

Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.

Don't let anyone ever make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.

Don't ask why people keep hurting you. Ask yourself why you keep allowing it to happen.