Quotes About Assertiveness

I said no thank you a dozen times, and fuck off once.

The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.

The only good reason to have money is this: so that you can tell any SOB in the world to go to hell.

The only point in making money is so you can tell some big shot where to go.

Never mumble some sarcastic shit to somebody who can obviously fuck you up.

freedom is not given... it's taken.

Un lema de la raza humana Dime qué debo hacer; pero tiene que ser lo que quiero que me digas.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

If we don't put our foot down, they will release every man and his dog.

Better to follow a woman's example than mindlessly heed the dictates of men.

Everyone is different, but I'm not standoffish at all. I'm not one of those people who prefer to write a note. I'll walk right up to you and ask you out! Even if the answer's no, I'm totally cool with it.

I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead.

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.

I found my inner bitch and ran with her.

sidewinder. I didn't even bother pretending

I figured if I was gonna die. I'd at least have my say.

Remember, there is nothing wrong with a healthy sense of self-respect.

Si no me quiere tal como soy lo siento mucho, pero no voy a cambiar. Sissi, Emperatriz de Austria

It's alright. It's okay if it's about your ego. Sometimes it's got to be about your ego. Just know that it is.

Return me to that bitch?" I shouted to the sky. "Fuck you! I can take care of myself!

The interest I felt in certain guys then confused me, because it wasn't romantic, but I wasn't sure what else it might be. But now I know: I wanted to take up people's time making jokes, to tease the dean in front of the entire school, to call him by a nickname. What I wanted was to be a cocky high-school boy, so fucking sure of my place in the world.

On the up side, the fruit of her "blackness" is a feisty independence that makes its presence felt throughout the poem. She tends her own garden, has her own freedom, and makes her own choices. In a world geared toward the silencing of women's voices, her own voice speaks loud and clear.

One does not have to sleep with, or even touch, someone who has paid for your meal. All those obligations are hereby rendered null and void, and any man who doesn't think so needs a quick jab in the kidney.

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place." —Nora Roberts