Quotes About Assertiveness

Back off, Jack-I got four brothers protecting my ass,' and I just rode on by him

Shyness, as I have told you many times, is simply another species of vanity. Banish it.

I have many times been approached by ideas that I know are not right for me, and I've politely said to them: "I'm honored by your visitation, but I'm not your girl.

insisted, "until the point is inarguable.

She threw one leg over his and straddled his lap, then reached under herself and found him again. He tore his mouth from hers. "Wait." "No." She looked him frankly in the eyes. "I don't care if you spill at once. I need you inside me now." His beautiful eyes widened and then narrowed. "You'll not always hold the reins, my lady." She smiled sweetly. "Naturally not, but I do now.

It hardly mattered. She was tired of waiting for him to acknowledge who he was. Tired of donning a false mask of gaiety when she was so much more—felt so much more—beneath. No one had ever noticed her mask. No one but him. If he couldn't or wouldn't make the first move, then damn it, she would.

Apollo straddled the prone dandy and leaned down into his face, intimidating him as he'd dared to do to Lily. "Don't come… back until… you can talk… to her with a civil tongue.

No, no, you needn't slap me; I am not at all hysterical.

My feelings are a fact, not a personal delusion. They are valid for me. What business have you got trying to tell me how I ought to feel?

he never comes to see us unless he wants something. Find out what it is, tell him "no," and let us be off.

I may say, without undue egotism, that when I make up my mind to do something, it is done quickly. The lethargic old city of the Popes fairly quaked under my ruthless hand during the following week.

If the right usurped from us is given back to us we shall take it, otherwise we shall go on claiming it.

It's hard upon occasions to be forceful and sublime When you're treated as incompetents three-quarters of the time.

Of course I'm not being objective it was my life As a matter of fact I feel positively defiant about

I will do it and do it again; I will never apologize. Why should I be sorry?

I can't accept an identity others give me; I won't be your person.

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.

Sometimes you just have to do whats best for yourself.

Als een jongen ooit een "luie, spottende wenkbrauw" naar me optrekt, breek ik zijn neus. - Claire

New York lesson 1 - never look lost. Lesson 2 - forget hallowed silences. It's the right of all Americans to talk at the tops of their voices.

I can feel Luke behind me, his weight shifting. "I'm a human being," I tell the waitress quietly. "I am not your entertainment." There may be a change in those eyes, a softening. But I'm not sure. It's probably my imagination. Luke hands me my purse and phone, which is still powered off. I may never turn it on again.

This book is dedicated to all the women out there who no longer have the patience or desire to put up with any nonsense.

Never feel bad for being assertive, speaking your mind, and putting your foot down. What you think is anger, others see as a good solid display of self-esteem.

She had already decided that, when she grew up, she was going to do whatever she pleased and not let anyone order her about.