Quotes About Assertiveness

I shall grow up to be a tall, graceful, and altogether beautiful woman, and I shall impose on large numbers of people my will and also, for my own amusement, great pain.

Every time you say yes to something you don't want to do, this will happen: you will resent people, you will do a bad job, you will have less energy for the things you were doing a good job on, you will make less money, and yet another small percentage of your life will be used up, burned up, a smoke signal to the future saying, "I did it again.

If you can't walk away from a negotiation, then you aren't negotiating. You're just working out the terms of your slavery.

Okay," he said, informing the universe he was ready for decisive action.

Mirá, Nati, al que voy a echar por el tubito y listo es al perro

But whether you stay or go, the critical decision you can make is to stop letting your partner distort the lens of your life, always forcing his way into the center of the picture. You deserve to have your life be about you; you are worth it.

Se achar que não valho nada, serei nada. Deixarei que os outros falem, decidam, vivam por mim. Porém, se acreditar que apesar dos naturais limites e do medo todo eu mereço uma dose de coisas positivas, vou lutar por isso. Vou até permitir que os outros me amem.

You may be a lady but you are still the man!

I hate being told what to do! Especially by myself!

I rather doubt that anyone tells Lord Hylton what to do," she said dryly.

I'll do anything reasonable, but I won't be intimidated and I won't grovel.

So why didn't I make the choices necessary to do that? Because nice girls just don't ask for help. They'd rather do almost anything than inconvenience other people. So they don't honor their own needs, desires, or dreams. Underneath, they really don't think it's okay to do that.

I know, I should've just shut him down like a Broadway Musical, but that's just not the way I'm wired.

Find that courageous yes. Fight for that confident no.

Don't allow the unrealistic demands of others to march freely into your life.

My counselor says, "Adults inform, children explain." I will state my boundaries with compassion and clarity. But I will not negotiate excuses or navigate exceptions with lengthy explanations that wear me down emotionally.

If the person you are trying so hard not to disappoint will be displeased by a no, they'll eventually be disappointed even if you say yes.

We must let our identity, not our insecurity, be the first thing that walks into every situation we face—every decision we make.

I am not in the mood to have my underwear examined.

They do as they please, they say what they think, and nobody cares, for everyone is busy doing likewise.

I always win because I live this life by my terms and conditions

Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.

Silence may be golden," I said, "but it won't win many arguments. If you have something to say, don't keep your ideas locked up; unclench your jaws and set those thoughts free. And don't be afraid to interrupt, because that may be the only way you are going to be heard.

When Hitler pressed him for a commitment, he replied with questions. Asked to moderate his demands, he repeated them.