Quotes About Assertiveness

If you can do it, it ain't braggin'... it's a matter of self-confidence. I got where I did because I wasn't no shrinking violet.

I believe in women. I believe in myself. I believe in my body.

I have spoken to a whole group of millionaires, head executives at Microsoft. Boy did I chew those guys out.

The most successful men are those who never admit the validity of other people's opinions, who even deny their existence.

No—the trampling, driving extravert, the one who always feels impelled to Do Something and is never inhibited by doubts or qualms, by sympathy or sensibility.

I don't understand anything,' she said with decision, determined to preserve her incomprehension intact.

Avevano bisogno di trovare quel destino in se stessi: di dimostrare che una certa quale grandezza la possedevano senza bisogno che nessun altro gliela concedesse, né uomini, né re, né Dio.

Sleepless late that night, his mind still tumbling with conflicts, he recalled something Omoro had said once when Kunta had refused to let go of a choice mango after Lamin begged for a bite: "When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand, nor can your hand pick up anything.

Mma Ramotswe reflected on how easy it was to find oneself committed to a course of action simply because one lacked the courage to say no.

Irene gasped. Have you taken leave of your senses, Stuart? she hissed. Have you? Stuart closed his eyes. No, he said. Au contraire. It was strong language for the Edinburgh New Town, but he had to say it. Don't au contraire me, said Irene. But it was too late. He had.

The trouble with the world today, she thought, was that people were not prepared to stand up to bad behaviour. They looked away

If people came at you and started to scratch you, then of course you had the right to sit on them.

The trouble with the world today, she thought, was that people were not prepared to stand up to bad behaviour.

They were also shoes that would give the wearer confidence: a person could speak with authority in such shoes.

It was far better to accept what had happened and make the best of it. It was also the case, he reflected, that Mma Ramotswe usually got her way. She was so nice about it, so disinclined to be insistent or pushy, but she usually got him to do what she wanted—and he was happy enough about that when all was said and done.

Never be put off by rudeness, Mma," she whispered. "It is the rude person who is rude, not you.

If people came at you and started to scratch you, then of course you had the right to sit on them. Even Nelson Mandela, she told herself, who was a good and gentle man, would have agreed with that.

Without delay," echoed Charlie. "Those are very good words, I think. Without delay. Please will you pay my bill without delay. Please leave without delay. Please improve your attitude without delay…" Mma Makutsi shot Charlie a

In spite of her limited stature, Mma Pula-Pula had about her a strong confident air of authority. But it was not authority of the sort that one would encounter in a school principal or a magistrate or somebody of that sort: this was the authority of the bully.

It is I who will beat her if she tries anything. I am a traditionally built lady, you know, and if there are any bad people who try to push me around—or to beat me—then I can sit on them very quickly. And if I do that, then they cannot breathe—all the air goes out of their lungs and they cry out, 'I am not

For the first time, I was beginning to see that for a woman to speak her mind in any clear, unassailable, unapologetic way, she must first possess it.

Kitty: I thought your ladyship was ill. I wanted to help you. Lady deWinter: I ill? Do you take me for a weak woman? When I am insulted I do not feel ill - I avenge myself. Do you hear?

In retrospect, the reason for her decision seems evident. Our Noriko, for so many years troubled by the demands of society on one hand and the needs of the self on the other, finally decided. She would do what she wanted. And she did. All attempts to lure her out over the years have been rebuffed. When a documentary was made on Ozu, she refused to appear, just as, when he died, she did not attend his funeral. Setsuko Hara was her own person at last. On Japanese actress Setsuko Hara

Show me someone without an ego, and I'll show you a loser.