Quotes About Assertiveness

Strong women don't have 'attitudes', we have standards.

Esto me recuerda a las palabras de Eleanor Roosevelt que decía que nadie podía hacerte sentirte inferior sin tu consentimiento.

But now I know the things I know, And do the things I do; And if you do not like me so, To hell, my love, with you!

You mustn't let men drive you to mangling the English language, no matter how sweet they are.

I had learned that you should always shout louder than your aggressor.

I'm too much a man for hysterics." Liu, Marjorie M. (2009-01-20). Hunter Kiss: A Companion Novella to The Iron Hunt and Darkness Calls (A Hunter Kiss Novella) (Kindle Locations 355-356). Penguin Group US. Kindle Edition.

Until someone says "no" to you, you're not asking for enough.

When you stipulate to a potential problem or flaw, do it in a confident and unselfconscious way. The more relaxed you are, the more relaxed the person you're communicating with will be—and the easier it will be for both of you to focus on your message.

You don't have to go along when others act unfairly or unreasonably. If you do go along, make it clear that you are doing them a favor—and that you expect something in return.

self-identity ("This is who I am and the only way I feel confident, competent, and in control").

Yo! You're my dope dealer not my thesis adviser. If I wanted your opinion about my dissertation, I'd have asked for it, Motherfucker!

Go ahead, bub. Make some kind of joke.

Considerable self-confidence was an understatement. People knew when he entered a room… He tipped the boat. You had to scramble to keep your equilibrium.

I don't like being talked into things by ungraceful people.

If I needed your condescension, I'd ask for it.

Let me see you ride a donkey over my green again, and as sure as you have a head upon your shoulders, I'll knock your bonnet off, and tread upon it!

I was always telling everybody that I could be funny.

Ladies gotta say no to their husbands at the movies. They gotta say: "No, we are watching back-to-back cancer movies. And then this movie about a cat."

I love how you still think if you tell me to do something, I'll just check my brain at the door and do it.

Honestly, Clary, if you don't start utilizing a bit of your natural feminine superiority I just don't know what I'll do with you.

Nobody calls me 'blondie' and keeps their kneecaps.

Your on your on with this one babe.""Coward.""Calling me names isn't going to get me in there."-Ranger and Stephanie

don't make me throw my boot at you, because I will, you grumpy high testosterone driven male

You should praise, criticize and flirt with people right to their face, only then it will make a difference.