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Quotes About Assertiveness

I was popular. I wasn't the most popular. But I definitely held my own.
~ Fran Drescher
I'm not going to hide my positions to make anyone else feel comfortable.
~ Linda Sarsour
I am just very positive in my mind, my shot selection is positive.
~ Ravindra Jadeja
I'll give you my answer calmly and sensibly, my final answer. My final answer is finally no. The answer is no! Absolutely and finally no! Finally and positively no! No! No! No! N - O!
~ Abraham Polonsky
If I'm paying people, and they're not handling my business right, I have to check them. 'Cause sometimes you're nice, and people don't jump on what they're supposed to do, but if you go in there screaming at everybody - 'Look, why aren't my posters up?' or 'Why wasn't my single out on this day?' - then they jump right on it.
~ Missy Elliott
I'm not a high jumper, but you don't see guys intimidating me or posting me up.
~ Charles Oakley
I would try to be super-assertive in meetings and, you know, pound my hand off the table, and it never ended well. People would say, 'What are you beating the table for?' It's not natural for me.
~ Peggy Johnson
I want to show girl power.
~ Karol G
My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
~ Nawal El Saadawi
I'm not Gloria Steinem, but I mean, I'm definitely all for powerful women.
~ Mariah Carey
The more I'm aggressive, the better off we're going to be. I have to take that into consideration every game to make it a point to be aggressive.
~ George Hill
A large part of my career achievements are due to having the courage to ask for what I needed, whether in a professional or personal context.
~ Cathy Engelbert
I feel confident. I feel empowered. I feel in control.
~ Selena Gomez
I don't really like being controlled by anyone.
~ Juergen Teller
I really have no anxiety about controlling my own life.
~ Kris Kristofferson
I wanted to convey the message of how I do what I want and how I run my own business, and I'm a woman in charge. I want all of my fans to know that that's possible and feel empowered when they listen to my music.
~ Madison Beer
Sexiness is about being an individual and having conviction about what that is.
~ Christina Hendricks
If I am comfortable doing work in a certain way, then I will do it my way with conviction.
~ Tabu
I've always made my own decisions and selected a script on my own conviction.
~ Ayushmann Khurrana
I'm a woman of strong convictions.
~ Agnes Moorehead
No one will ever convince me that I wasn't the best man for a goal if we needed one.
~ Ally McCoist
I'm the chocolate chip cookie king of the world.
~ Lloyd Blankfein
I'm the best corner in the game!
~ Richard Sherman
I want to go to every corner of the Earth where women are and make sure that every single woman on this planet knows that you should make the first move, it's OK to make the first move. They are equal, and they should be empowered.
~ Whitney Wolfe Herd