Quotes About Assertiveness

Ask forgiveness, not permission,

First life lesson: know your fucking worth. When you're about to sell your soul to the devil, get a better price.

Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do, or say.

Some people stand and move as if they have no right to the space they occupy. They wonder why others often fail to treat them with respect--not realizing that they have signalled others that it is not necessary to treat them with respect.

It is a mistake to look at someone who is self assertive and say, "It's easy for her, she has good self-esteem." One of the ways you build self-esteem is by being self-assertive when it is not easy to do so. There are always times when self-assertiveness requires courage, no matter how high your self-esteem.

The opposite of self-assertiveness is self-abnegation--abandoning or submerging your personal values, judgment, and interests. Some people tell themselves this is a virtue. It is a "virtue" that corrodes self-esteem.

If someone talks trash, you can just trash them back. Clamming up in a corner makes the thing half your fault." "[...] There are people out there who get crushed by that logic.

If the first man who comes along does not want her, she will have the next, or the one after. No need to wait any longer for just one man. No need to be sad when he does not turn up, or to expect anything and suffer when one's hopes are razed to the ground.

Well, you can fuck off,' said Blade. 'I am Mobius Clean,' said the AI.

I don't owe people anything, and I don't have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to.

As long as you show that you're willing to take it further than them, they'll tend to back off, whoever they may be.

Sometimes if you hold back on someone, they mistake your kindness for weakness. Sometimes you've got to go all out, to show people that you mean business.

the most common cause of death among alpha males was ego.

agarrou-o pelo braço, numa energia tão inesperada e viril, que ele se deixou dominar.

When people are feeling fabulous, they don't want to take any crap from anybody, particularly the cops.

I'm not some total invalid

I'm a bad motherfucker, don't you know--and I'll crawl over fifty good pussies just to get to one fat boy's asshole," said Stagger Lee.

If you get word that a co-worker is saying things about you behind your back, confront him or her on it. If an evaluation of your work is false and biased, challenge it. Doing nothing will only worsen the damage. Understand that you can't control everything, so pick your spots and stand up for what you know and believe is right. Communicate when there is a miscommunication.

That's it?!! You threw a blanket on her? She's not invisible, you dumb bitch!

Those are the right and left facing pages of a printed book. And what's in the middle?" Silence around the table. Zingano offered, "A book?" "Interstellar One?" said Norton. "A SPINE," she yelled, banging the table with a fist for emphasis. "A goddamned spine. Lesson number one. Show your spine, or they'll eat you up and shit you out like the little turds you are.

My advice to women in general: Even if you're doing a nine-to-five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what you want - and don't allow people to run anything for you without your knowledge.

It's not hard to get your way when it's your way or the highway. People either follow suit or they're not around. I don't really like the sound of that, 'cause that sounds like a temper tantrum. I'm just very black and white when it comes to my business. There's really no gray area.

The mome rath isn't born that could outgrabe me!

This is your body. Yours. No one but you has the responsibility to keep it, to keep yourself, whole. If someone pins you to the ground, what will you do?