Quotes About Assertiveness

The stronger person is not the one making the most noise but the one who can quietly direct the conversation toward defining and solving problems.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

I know this," the Second Mate said. "A sexy girl thinks she can do anything.

I'm smiling because I know perfectly well what I am and I honestly don't give a damn what you think of me

I'm a big personality. I walk into a room, big and tall and loud.

There is no possibility I have made a mistake. Everything that happens as a result of my actions is one of calculation and certainty. Everything happening is exactly what I predicted.

He was one of those characters who felt that a weak handshake could somehow damage his authority, which meant that every handshake had to bloody hurt.

When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick - she never has to wait for someone to choose her.

Jack didn't happen to me: I happened to Jack.

I cannot hide my anger to spare your guilt.

It's not like I let people do things for me, so I guess you can call me a control freak, or you can call me passionate.

I'm deeply and passionately involved in the design process. I'm a brash American, and if my name is going to be on something, I'm going to have my say.

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.

I'm easygoing. There's a place and time for everything. When that bell rings, I'm not nice and easy. I'm not meek and passive.

I don't want anyone to think I took this role in 'Downsizing' because it was the only role available to me. I'm not a passive participant in it.

People - and I think this is particularly true of Americans - don't like to be passive. They like to seize control.

There are moments I get pretty passive and just have to be aggressive.

Don't misunderstand good manners for passivity.

I am a fiercely independent person, and I am no one's pawn.

I won't wait for this Joshua-Wilder-Tyson Fury nonsense and become a pawn in their negotiations.

I always stand behind the things that I do. I don't listen to those who downplay things nor do I pay attention to those who grovel at our feet and tell us that we're the greatest. For me, that is just noise.

I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.

Am I a peer mediator? Not a chance.

Caving into blather and peer pressure never bolstered anyone's argument.