Quotes About Assertiveness

Let's be clear, I'm a strong woman.

I'm at the age where i don't have to kiss arse or play nice!

I'd decided to write him and tell him to leave me alone. Please, in a nice way, go away, I really can't deal with you.

I worked with a lot of different, amazing people, but I was always like, "Dude, I'm sorry, you're going to have to trust me, we've got to do it this way!"

Anger is an integrity-producing response to the invasion of your personal boundaries.

Anger is an emotion preeminently serviceable for the display of power.

Anger is our reaction to the violation of our boundaries.

A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull one over on me - which is pretty much my motto anyways.

Hermione drew herself to her full height; her eyes were narrowed and her hair seemed to crackle with electricity. "No," she said, her voice quivering with anger, "but I will write to your mother.

He said that when we finally did get the farm paid for we could tell everybody to go to hell. That was what he lived for, to own his farm without having to say please or thank you to a living soul.

When people see you're happy doing what you're doing, it sort of takes the power away from them to tease you about it.

I'm always right.

If a man doubts everything, then he will attempt nothing. The strong men of this world are the ones who are always certain of their own rightness.

Cultivate a superiority to reason, and see how you pare the claws of all the sensible people when they try to scratch you for your own good!

that I think many things with the clearest conviction, . . . which I never have the courage to say; but I will never say anything which I do not think.

I catch fire and find the reserves of courage and assertiveness to speak up. When that happens I get quite carried away. My blood gets hot my brow wet I become unbearably and unconscionably sarcastic and bellicose I am girded for a total showdown.

I can stand on my own feet; I don't need any man's mahogany desk to prop me up

You tell 'em, big boy; treat 'em rough.

That was the voice of one who knew his own mind.

You shut up, you fat slug!

You always know what to do, you always know exactly what to do, you always do exactly what's right for you, and the rest of the world can go hang..

Sundance: [to Etta] What I'm saying is, if you want to go, I won't stop you. But the minute you start to whine or make a nuisance, I don't care where we are, I'm dumping you flat. Butch: Don't sugarcoat it like that, Kid. Tell her straight.

DON'T BE FRIGHTENED! Inigo screamed. I'M NOT, I'M NOT! Fezzik screamed right back.

so I stand here without further deprecatory words.