Quotes About Assertiveness

Ladies let me give you some advice: Men will treat you the way you let them. There is no such thing as "deserving" respect; you get what you demand from people

It is better to ask for forgiveness then permission.

FK THAT. I AM TUCKER MAX. I AM BETTER THAN ALL OF YOU.

Girl3 "You don't have to be a jerk" SlingBlade "Quite the contrary, my sloppy penile scholar.Order me another drink and be quick about it.

You can be the idea dragon and I can be the WHAM BAM SHOVE A PINEAPPLE UP HIS SNOUT dragon!

Be strong, be vigilant, strike first. And trust nobody.

Shut UP, Queen Ruby; go AWAY, Queen Glory; deal with your OWN STUPID DRAGONS, Queen Thorn!)

Wait," Deathbringer said. "Just — remember that you're your own dragon. You don't have to do what you're told. You can at least ask questions.

What did I say about staying put?" Glory asked. "You're a great queen, I hear, but with all due respect, you're not my queen," Qibli said, setting his jaw. "I go where they go. Besides, Winter wants me along, he just can't admit it." "I don't," Winter said. "You can send him back to the Kingdom of Sand for all I care." "He adores me," Qibli said.

kind of awesome knowing I have something everyone needs. I could give it away to anyone, anytime I want." "Or," Swordtail observed, "you could set your enemies on fire anytime you want." Sundew pointed one claw at Swordtail. "You," she said, "are growing on me.

Guys, this is Riptide and Serious." "CIRRUS," the IceWing snarled.

be the idea dragon and I can be the WHAM BAM SHOVE A PINEAPPLE UP HIS SNOUT dragon!

There's only one thing that's any good with a certain type of woman, you know,' went on Eddie. 'Ask her for what you want, ask her whether she means to give it to you, and if she doesn't, throw her out of the window.

Push with respect, and under the assumption that the other person is probably doing the right thing. But push anyway. And never hold back.

If I were a woman I should march out with a flaming torch and a sword; I should emasculate right and left.

most interesting challenges to the psychopath, no doubt, are individuals with strong personality traits such as narcissism, assertiveness, and dominance. These individuals are particularly important to psychopaths because they also tend to be in the higher levels of power in organizations.

You are free to say no to an unfair, disrespectful, or dishonest request for your time, talent, or treasure, without an apology or long explanation on your part.

Sometimes God's Good Women have to be forcefully persuasive, just as Jesus was, despite cultural pressures to be quiet and timid.

Because men interrupt more often than women do, you need to learn to handle being interrupted rather than allowing the interruption to silence you. Think of an interruption not as a period in a sentence that ends a thought, but as a comma that merely pauses the thought. Your job is to complete the rest of the sentence.

At times, being assertive does involve disagreeing with others; however, that disagreement can be done in a way that is not needlessly confrontational and painful.

If you aren't offending someone occasionally by speaking the truth at work, you are likely too wishy-washy and are coming across as lacking depth or backbone.

Even Jesus gave people a dose of Vitamin No sometimes.

Christian Nice Girls, because they fear rejection, tend to get their feelings hurt when other people have good boundaries and say things like, "I'm busy right now. Let's look at next month.

acting nice feels natural—so natural that it's hard to detect its hidden, selfish payoff: It allows women to avoid uncomfortable but necessary conflict