Quotes About Assertiveness

Don't let your life wait for other people.

One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.

I'm not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance

I'm just living my life, and I'm not gonna live my life for other people.

Confidence, not cockiness. Knowing who you are is confidence. Cockiness is knowing who you are and pushing it down everyone's throat.

Even if I'm completely unsure, I'll pretend I know exactly what I'm talking about and make a decision.

You are not an extra in somebody else's film. You are the star in your own life.

Just a reminder, what other people think of you is none of your business.

I don't have room in my life for folks that large and demanding.

You can't live your life to suit other people. The harder you try, the more restrictions they'll put on you just for the fun of seeing you jump through their hoops.

Don't you try and go through life worried if someone had liked you or not. You best make sure that they are doing right by you.

Youre supposed to be the leading lady in your own life, for Gods sake!

The best thing I ever did in my life was to ask, 'Do I like everybody?' And the answer was, 'No.' So why should everybody like me? If people are against me, so what? I'm against them too.

All my life I been doin' what people tell me to do. Now, I'm telling them.

You cant spend your life apologizing.

Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time.

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, you must say that you are.

You don't just sit in the car and let some guy drive you through life, wasting your time.

I had to do something," she said. "I couldn't just sit and wait for life to happen to me any longer.

You don't dress to please a girl—especially not a girl like that. You dress to please yourself. If she doesn't like you for you, then you don't need her.

Do whatever it takes to remind myself that I'm still here and have a say.

If I want to carry a purse, I'm going to carry it. I'm not going to not carry it just because they don't like it." And in that moment, this scrawny kid with big ears is my hero.

If I want to carry a purse, I'm going to carry it. I'm not going to not carry it just because they don't like it.

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