Quotes About Assertiveness

Timidity creates nothing.

Patroclus. I have given enough to them. I will not give them this.

Sorry you were caught, I said. Sorry that you thought I was weak, but you were wrong.

Navy: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision. Civilian: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to South to avoid a collision. Navy: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert your course. Civilian: No, I say again, divert your course. Navy: This is the aircraft carrier Enterprise. We are a large warship of the US Navy. Divert your course now!! Civilian: This is a lighthouse. Your call." Canadian naval radio conversation38

We cannot negotiate with people who say what's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable. [ The Berlin Crisis: Radio and Television Address to the American People (The White House, July 25, 1961)]

For a brief moment we believe, "Now I have the power to be me and do what I want.

Any lawyer worth his salt knew the first offer had to be rejected.

Men, we don't deserve respect. Yet. Respect is out there on the floor, just waiting for us to go get it.

I'm at a point in my life where I will not be yelled at.

Mr. Barton, as he preferred to be called, ran over people by barking first and trying to embarrass.

I was never a bully and I never started a fight. And I didn't like to fight, but if the other guy pushed me around, then I hit him back.

when he started for the fourth, Mary cut him off. In a clear and unwavering voice

It is an important distinction to note that she looked not only as if she had taken good care of herself, but that she had good reason to have done so. (...) She looked to be in such total possession of her life that only the most confident men could continue to look at her if she looked back at them. Even in bus stations, she was a woman who was stared at only until she looked back.

Hago lo que quiero - afirmó Garp -. No le pongas otro nombre. Sólo hago lo que me da la gana... y eso es precisamente lo que hizo mi madre toda su vida, o sea lo que quería hacer.

The first person who says anything unpleasant will get a swift kick in the ass.

Trying to please everybody is impossible - if you did that, you'd end up in the middle with nobody liking you. You've just got to make the decision about what you think is your best, and do it.

If rejection destroys your self-esteem, you're letting others hold you as an emotional hostage.

I am strong, determined, impulsive, happy, and emotional.

I believe the era of the militant lady is back.

If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.

Excellence is my presence. Never tense, never hesitant.

I'm a perfectionist, so my bossiness definitely comes out.

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

Certainly, you want to be liked, but as you gain confidence and experience you're more concerned with expressing yourself and what matters to you.