Quotes About Assertiveness

Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting.

You would be miserable if you had to go through life with a human doormat with 'Welcome' written on him. You want some one made of sterner stuff. You want, as it were, a sparring-partner, some one with whom you can quarrel happily with the certain knowledge that he will not curl up in a ball for you to kick, but will be there with the return wallop.

A tiger does not shout its tigritude, it acts.

A tiger doesn't proclaim his tigritude, he pounces

One must not make oneself cheap here - that is a cardinal point - or else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance.

All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak—and speak in such a way that people will remember it.

A diminished self-image causes us to slouch, to avoid looking others in the eye, to be unassertive, to be indecisive. On the other hand, a healthy self-image causes us to carry ourselves well, to speak confidently and to portray dignity.

A diminished self-image causes us to slouch, to avoid looking others in the eye, to be unassertive, to be indecisive. On the other hand, a healthy self-image causes us to carry ourselves well, to speak confidently and to portray dignity. If we have not taken the time and thought to create a wonderful self-image for ourselves, we have had less, been less, and done less than was possible for us than if we had. We can improve our self-images at any moment including this one.

Early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

Well, I am one who doesn't believe in deluding myself. I'm not going to sit at your table and watch you eat, with nothing on my plate, and call myself a diner.

Eso es lo más podrido de tener un novio, que te pasas la vida haciendo excepciones. Cosas que nunca te daría la gana hacer.

?üphen varsa, söyle gitsin!

Be they pharaohs or freeholders, barons or farmers, landowners have been the most capable, most intrepid, and most assertive members of civilized society.

In the future, I'll be braver, she told herself. In the future, I will always speak my mind, eloquently, passionately.

Quando dite qualcosa assicuratevi di averlo detto.

And what if I can't behave myself? What if I don't fucking want to?" "You will," you laugh. "Because I'm not asking you, I'm fucking telling you.

Recovery [from codependency] may not always be comfortable at first for the other people in one's life. But it is always worth it because, actually, nobody ever respects a 'doormat'.

A bully can only make you feel bad about yourself if you let them.

This was a man's man. One who could lead, control, rebel and oppose. He was the type of man that an African woman needed in situations like the ones they were in. He didn't care what the consequences were, if he felt it; he just did it. Just made it happen without further regards to the side effects.

Just go. When you're on your deathbed you're gonna wish you could get back all the time you spent waiting on other people.

Know your right, then go ahead.

I put my hands on my hips, not caring if I sounded like a Billingsgate fishwife. "Yes, it was a dangerous thing to do, but as it seems to have escaped your attention, I remind you I am above thirty years of age, of sound body and mind, and in control of my own fortune. That means," I said, moving closer still, poking his chest for emphasis, "I am mistress of myself and answer to no one.

A woman who knows her mind is a surprise to a certain type of man. They do not know how to react to it, so they generally obey,

Are you going to say anything?" Brisbane crossed one leg lazily over the other flicking an imaginary piece of lint from his trousers. "I think he is doing quite well without me." "I did not mean for you to help him I meant for you to defend me," I said huffing slightly in my indignation.