Quotes About Assertiveness

Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.

My aggression out there is my weapon. I think it's more letting them know that I'm not going to let them get away with something, and I'm not just going to kind of poke it back and be content to stay in rallies.

There is no more potent weapon in any profession than a woman with a feminine exterior and a will of steel, and I defy you to find one man who will disagree.

A fit body gives you confidence. And there's nothing more impressive than a great attitude, which you can wear on your sleeve. But you'll have to remember the difference between being rude and being confident.

I am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let's get that straight right now.

I didn't want people to decide what I was going to wear and what I was going to look like and how I should behave.

I know what I'm doing even when I'm wearing a pencil skirt.

To me, it is not about the kind of gown or makeup you are wearing, it is about how confident you are and your beliefs.

I enjoy wearing pins, and nobody tells me to do it.

I grew up surrounded by these tough, ballsy, strong women. They were also adoring women, but they were the kind of women who would argue over what kind of pants you were wearing or the color of your nail polish.

There are times when I'm under the weather and the corporate machine tries to put me in the recording booth anyway. It's always up to me to say, 'Guys, listen to me, listen to what I sound like. I'm not myself.'

I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little more intimidating. Even the maid who comes to work for me once a week has found out that she can just trample over me... I'm a Cancer! We are not ferocious people.

Just because you're sitting at a poker table with some guy doesn't give him the right to say whatever the hell he wants about the way you live your life.

It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.

I am definitely not as polite as Beatrice, I have to say. I tell it as it is. I am shyer at first.

It's crazy that, as women, we are taught to be cute and nice and polite when we should learn to be less nice sometimes.

There's this whole feeling that women should be small and quiet and polite, and I don't think that's really gotten us anywhere.

It doesn't matter how much polite self-deprecating fluff you have on the outside if you don't have a steely something in the middle that says, 'You know what, I'm actually really, really good at this, and this is what I can do, and I'm going to do it.'

I always say that you can be polite and nice and still know what you want and still can see your path.

Women have learned to flex their political muscles. You got to flex that muscle to get what you want.

The heck with political correctness. I've never believed in it.

I'm not a politician. I'm not running for office. I can say what I think.

I did not deal well with the politicians. I tend to tell people that when they are full of crap, that they are full of crap.

I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.