Quotes About Assertiveness

I know how to run without you holding my hand!

Who's got two thumbs and is going to save the world?" she asked, then jerked both of her thumbs towards her smiling face. "This chick.

I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself, young lady. I have plenty of cartridges for my shotgun and this is a new pair of trousers. I'm ready.

You would be extremely surprised how many living souls have become infuriated because you showed them that you're not weak or easily broken -MillYentei

I said go away!" "No, you said 'get out'. I'm out." "Now go away." Silence. And then, "No.

Why the coy drama? I want him and he wants me; who needs subtext?

I learned something from that. If someone asks me something that I really don't want to do, I say no. I have to trust that. And I'm not afraid to talk money.

You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want.

A criticism is just a really bad way of making a request...so just make the request.

Do learn to say no. Many people will take and take from you, and keep on taking. They will drain you, aggravate you, impose upon you, and take advantage of you—if you let them do it. Your job is not to let them.

A woman who 'acts like a man' - who is bold and assertive, and refuses to defer to male authority - is threatening to a system that makes women responsible for men's feelings.

There is nothing in this world that I fear to say.

You do not need to be the designated driver of someone's intoxicated ego.

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb . . . And I also know that I'm not blonde.

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb - and I'm not blonde either.

I know who I am; I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I am capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off.

I've often said I don't lose my temper as much as use it. I don't do either unless I have to because I love peace and harmony, but when you step in my territory, I will call you on it.

When a girl didn't have anyone to stand up for her, that girl had to stand up for her own damn self.

We have caller ID. We know who you are. If we wanted to talk to you, we would have picked up, but obviously we didn't. If you have anything at all that's important to say, you'll have to say it on the machine.

Life, he muses, always gives you an excuse to take what you want anyway.

If you let people believe that you're weak, sooner or later you're going to have to kill them.

If you let people believe that you are weak, sooner or later you're going to have to kill them.

Confidence is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life.

If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done.