Quotes About Assertiveness

When I testify, I'll testify. I don't need to sit around chewing my fingernails.

Salary negotiations are particularly important because people are testing you as both a co-worker and an ambassador. They really don't want you to be a pushover, and they don't want you to be a jerk.

I'd like to have a business card saying: Bruce Norris kicked your arse.

I swear, the only thing worse than an angry woman, is an angry woman who's got a big stick to whack you with.

Don't be afraid to ask for a rise, Sagittarius. Your boss always pay you less than your work is actually worth!

I'm warning you! Don't make me use my pen!

If you don't hurry up and let life know what you want, life will damned soon show you what you'll get.

We are as we are. How can you claim to know what life I was meant to lead, let alone threaten to force me into it? All your quibbling is nonsense. As well forbid your nose to snuff, or your ears to hear. We are as we do.

Cats talk to whomever they please.

Sa'Adar's eyes went wide. "You're mad." "Scarcely. Why do people always accuse me of that when I'm arranging things to my liking instead of theirs?

I was amazed at how strong women were when they were angry.

Did you see how she stood and faced them down? I demanded with pride. A most excellent bitch, Nighteyes agreed.

Even if you do only a little damage, they will learn that touching you has a price. Some will not be willing to pay it. I

Wait for you? Not likely! I've always had to run ahead of you and show you the way.

When had it become so ingrained in her to apologize whenever she wanted something for herself?

Badgerlock, I rather think …" "Prince FitzChivalry," I corrected him. I looked him up and down. "And do not make that mistake again." "Prince FitzChivalry," he accepted the correction. He opened his mouth and then shut it again. I turned away from him, holding his horse's reins and Thick's. "That wasn't the mistake," I said without looking back. "I meant your trying to think.

And somehow by not speaking out on his own behalf, he made it impossible for anyone else to object.

Sa help us all, but I plan to give her free rein and let her be as unpleasant and bitchy as only she knows how.

Why be the lamb when you can be the lion?

For the first time in my life, I realized that a man doesn't need to yell to be heard. A man doesn't have to throw a punch to make a point. And a man who is comfortable in his own skin doesn't need to constantly prove his worth to the world.

The two-by-four by the door sometimes ya need it to get their attention - Grannie Gin

Besides, I wouldn't even let the Hulk carry me off this ladder!

Ellen had long ago stopped being embarrassed by temper tantrums. She flipped it and wore it like a badge of honor. A temper tantrum was a sign that a mom said no when it counted.

If I stopped talking after I made my point, I'd never say anything.