Quotes About Assertiveness

My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now.

Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.

The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.

Not an Apology' is a good title, because I speak my mind more than the average teenage girl does, and I don't ever really apologize for having an opinion and using strong words to describe things and talk about how I feel.

It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'.

If I had to define 'sexy' now, as Disney as it sounds, I would have to say it's about complete and utter confidence.

I think I have something valid to say. My words are my bullets. I like to brag that somehow I got it right.

College gave me validation: I gained a lot of confidence, just from once or twice saying something in class and the professor saying, 'Great idea.' That experience has certainly helped me say to a director, 'Actually, I think my idea is at least worth talking about.'

I think the biggest part of being a girl boss in the office, at home, or anywhere you go is just knowing your value.

I'm not cocky. I'm not arrogant. I know my value.

I always think there's some value in saying no with a smile.

I believe very strongly that in this world you have to have values and you have to stand up for your interests and if you don't do those things you're not going to get anywhere.

DCI Horner's advice to Jack Spratt: Remember, m'boy, his old boss had said, eyes twinkling, that if anyone tries to get the better of you, stand up straight and say to yourself in an imperious air, 'I am the new Mrs. de Winter now!' You'll find it works wonders.

I]appreciate a woman who knows when she's being coerced

Remember, m'boy,' his old boss had said, eyes twinkling, 'that if anyone tries to get the better of you, stand up straight and say to yourself in an imperious air, 'I am the new Mrs. de Winter now!' You'll find it works wonders.

The name's Schitt," he replied. "Jack Schitt.

have spunks and do battle for yourself

What is 'no'? Either you have asked the wrong question or you have asked the wrong person. Find a way to get the 'yes'.

I was in those days all about the 'fuck you'. Fuck you for not recognising how great I am. I'll do it myself.

And if you have found your voice, you can be heard

I'm a grown woman now," Mom said almost every morning. "Why can't I do what I want to do?

I don't work with people who ask me questions.

What you want, as an actor, is a great leader. I can't bear it when I work with a director who is wishy-washy and says, "What did you think?"

People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work.