Quotes About Assertiveness

It's better if you have a strong opinion on any talk show.

On foreign policy, Obama has talked softly and carried a big stick.

Usually, I prefer not to clarify anything that is being talked about me, but when it goes out of limits, I reply.

I don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled.

One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.

How do you stand tall and strong as a woman while trying to be the smartest woman in the room and try to remain non-threatening?

It doesn't matter how tall you are. You have to carve out space and hold your ground.

I dare you to put me in a back alley with Randy Orton or someone like that. I guarantee I'm not afraid of someone taller.

Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language.

I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wasn't a good idea.

You shouldn't have to be a chair at a think tank to speak your mind.

Don't talk. Kill it." That might be the sweetest thing a woman's ever said to me on a first date.

What do you want me to do?" says Kasabian. "I don't think Howard can get out of the bedroom, but if he does . . ." "I know. Punch him in the balls." "You got it.

If other people don't meet your needs, you have to be willing to walk out, since in the end that may well be the only one way to protect your interests.

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I'm not like that ... I never shoot blanks.

In our relationships with others, we have unrealistic expectations, are unable to communicate our own needs, misinterpret disagreement as rejection, and are anxious and unassertive in our presentation.

If I were a man, I'd definitely sleep with myself. In other words, if you tell me to go fuck myself, I take it as a compliment.—581 Ways To Kill Your Boss

Here you are on the TV, saying Watch me, just watch me.

There's no mistake , he says. It's your drink, the one you asked for, just the way you like it. How can you refuse?

Stegman looked back at him. "I don't see no gun," he said. "I don't see no weapon." Parker held up his hands. "You see two of them," he said. "They're all I need.

A me pare che un uomo che permette al suo consulente matrimoniale di prendere decisioni al posto suo non è…be', non è un uomo vero

He has no right to threaten my boyfriends. I'm eighteen. An adult. I don't need his help. I can threaten my boyfriends myself.

I crossed my arms over my chest. "Are you lost, little girl? The elementary school's over on west campus." A pink flush spread over her cheeks. "Don't you ever touch me again. You screw with me, I'll screw you right back." Oh man, what an opening that was.

Checkmate, bitch.