Quotes About Assertiveness

I'm actually very snobbish about directors. I have to say 'no' all the time. 'No' is the most powerful word in our business. You've got to protect yourself.

Your voice matters, so protect it.

I ain't got nothing to prove to nobody.

I don't feel as though I have to prove anything to anybody.

I could really care less about what they think about me, but at the same time, I do have something to prove.

We came in today with a chip on our shoulder to prove who we are.

You have to apply yourself because you'll never get a better opportunity than the one you have right now. Having said that, people know by now if they like me or not. I don't need to prove anything.

I don't think I need to prove anything to anybody.

Without being arrogant, I think I have proved I am one of the best defenders in the world.

I don't like to be proved wrong.

Good is towing the line, being behaved, being quiet, being passive, fitting in, being liked, and great is being messy, having a belly, speaking your mind, standing up for what you believe in, fighting for another paradigm, not letting people talk you out of what you know to be true.

Believe me, I may be a bit blasé, but I can still get any man I want.

I thought you weren't afraid. I never am --but I won't throw my life away just to show one man I'm not.

the girl really worth having won't wait for anybody

Never heard of them [Nick's colleagues], he remarked decisively. This annoyed me.

I hate to be laughed at,' she said finally. 'I won't laugh any more, I'm not laughing now, am I?' 'You did.' 'Oh, don't be so darned feminine.' Her lips curled slightly. 'I'll be anything I want.

Evelyn leaned out her window and calmly said, "Let's face it, honey, I'm older than you are and have more insurance than you do," and drove away.

That's it, she'd buy some off a dead man and she could put them in a box and take them to important meetings and bang them on the table to get her way. Maybe she'd buy four…

They always wanted too much from her, something she could not give. She had told him over and over she would not marry him or ever live with him. But, typical of most men, they always believed she didn't really mean what she said and would change her mind. She never did. Why did they always have to push her into a corner and get so upset? She didn't want to live with anybody. She liked being alone. She hated anybody grabbing at her, trying to smother her.

Sookie realized she really should have put her foot down when Ce Ce and James invited all their friends to bring their pets to the reception

actually been putting myself out there," Anna reminded

Leadership requires insensitivity.

Para unos, ser bueno significará ser resignado y paciente, pero otros llamarán bueno a la persona emprendedora, original, que no se acobarda a la hora de decir lo que piensa aunque pueda molestar a alguien.

You can't just say NO, he said. You got to do NO. You got to show it. You got to show you mean it by doing it. You got to show you're not going to do one thing by doing another. You got to make an end of it. One way or another.