Quotes About Assertiveness

I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it.

I don't give a damn what people think.

I am somebody. I am me. And I don't need anybody to make me somebody.

A girl with eyes like hers has a will and is not ruled by anyone but a lover.

Lloyd, she's here,' I call out, unnecessarily, to my husband (he's not deaf, but it gives me the illusion of being in control).

This was too much. "I refuse. I absolutely REFUSE to be an onion.

The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not.

Sometimes people with cancer or other terminal illnesses have such a hard time saying "no" to an authoritative figure in their life, that on an unconscious level they will create a major dis-ease to say "no" for them.

You are not here to please other people or to live your lives their way.

Notre place dans le l'humanité [en tant que femme] ne doit pas être mendiée, mais prise

She threw great logs of 'I'm right, you're an unfeeling bastard' on to the fire and felt secure and comforted.

Shut up Jas, you are not Baby Jesus

I am not an ice cream come! I am a human being!

The short answer is 'No.' The long answer is 'Hell No.'

Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.

It's not my fault that my awesomeness intimidates people.

I got something to say to you, big shot. Say it, then, I said, while I'm used to the drone of your voice. I'd rather not get acclimated again.

as to tell him so to his face. Our minister endeavored to

A man ought to avow his opinions and defend them with boldness.

We shall convince France and the world, that we are not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial spirit of fear and a sense of inferiority, fitted to be the miserable instruments of foreign influence, and regardless of national honor, character, and interest.

Without our anger we become doormats and people pleasers. In childhood you were most likely severely shamed and punished when you expressed anger.

It's not because my mind is made up that I don't want you to confuse me with any more facts. It's because my mind isn't made up. I already have more facts than I can cope with. So SHUT UP, do you hear me? SHUT UP!

Am I Making Myself Clear?

If you worry about what other people think of you, it's because you have more confidence in their opinion than you have in your own.