Quotes About Self-assertiveness

Because I own my choices. I decided at some point along the way not to care if another person doesn't approve of my choice. I need to know that I think it's the right choice.

The inability to say no is largely about approval-seeking—people imagine that if they say no, they won't be loved by others. The inability to say yes, however—to intimacy, a job opportunity, an alcohol program—is more about lack of trust in oneself.

You are not here to please other people or to live your lives their way.

I give myself the luxury of saying what I want.

Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

You can call it selfish, but there comes a time in life where you have to put yourself above all and think of yourself first!

You know I don't like being told what to do. Then do without being told.

It is naive to think that self-assertiveness is easy. To live self-assertively--which means to live authentically--is an act of high courage. That is why so many people spend the better part of their lives in hiding--from others and also from themselves.

When we learn how to be in an intimate relationship without abandoning our sense of self, when we learn how to be kind without being self-sacrificing, when we learn how to cooperate with others without betraying our standards and convictions, we are practicing self-assertiveness.

The opposite of self-assertiveness is self-abnegation--abandoning or submerging your personal values, judgment, and interests. Some people tell themselves this is a virtue. It is a "virtue" that corrodes self-esteem.

i am more/ than i am not/

Here's what I believe: Your reality is totally up for grabs; if you don't create your own life, someone else will create something based on their own agenda and project that on you. Don't let them do it, my loves. Don't let them tell you that their something is bigger than your everything.