Quotes About Self-assertion

I have everything under control. It's time you realized it and let me be who I am.

Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.

I like Lilith. I'll be like Lilith. I'll summon her when they tell me to be ashamed. I'll do as she did, up there in Eden, when the Powerful One would not give way to her. I will. And the next time Father raises his hand to me because I've upset my little brother, I'll bring Lilith into me and I'll bite his hand. Lilith wouldn't let anyone strike her.

I've been shot down so many times I get altitude sickness just from standing up for myself.

Do you want to come inside for a drink?" she softly offered. "No. No. No, no, no, no. No." Gwen stared at him. "One 'no' would have been clear." "Those 'no's' weren't for you. They were for me. I was simply saying them out loud.

As I see it, there is room for only one master in my home. It may be unreasonable of me, my dear fellow, but I have always insisted that that master be me.

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone. — Ayn Rand (The Virtue of Selfishness)

I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life. Nor to any part of my energy. Nor to any achievement of mine. No matter who makes the claim, how large their number or how great their need. "I wished to come here and say that I am a man who does not exist for others.

Hank Rearden is the kind of man who sticks his name on everything he touches. You may, from this, form your own opinion about the character of Hank Rearden.

Don't you know who I am? I'm an individual!           I

Your perceptions are derived from your feelings and your ability to be yourself, to own and trust yourself, and to say what you feel, even when it may be diametrically opposed to everyone eles's opinion. You may be called the Devil Incarnate. You may feel like cow pies are being thrown at you. Sometimes that is part of being true to yourself.

As long as you have some idea of what's happening to you, 'real' or 'unreal' doesn't matter. You have to stand up for what you care about; if you don't, you lose control of who you are.

Put your desires forward, as if you had a right to them—at least the same right as others.

Así que presta atención a tu postura. Deja de arquearte, enderézate. Di lo que piensas. Deja claro lo que quieres, como si tuvieras derecho a conseguirlo (al menos el mismo que los demás). Anda con la cabeza bien alta y mira al frente con franqueza. Atrévete a ser un peligro. Haz que la serotonina fluya a raudales a través de las vías neuronales que arden a la espera de su efecto tranquilizante. La

Never - and I repeat, never - let anyone tell you your worth, tell you that you cannot do something or determine what is good for you.

If you want to wear long hair or wear that dress, as long as you're not hurting yourself or anybody else, I say do it. If you want to go out and have a romantic, sexy affair, do it.

I think it's somebody else's job to decide what my image is.

I'm not a victim, don't ever treat me like a victim, my mother didn't raise me to be a victim.

Some things don't need to be cut back. They need to be cut off.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am.

If I want to be called 'The Rock,' I'll be called 'The Rock.' If I want to go back to wrestling, I'll go back to wrestling.

I'm going to be who I am. And if you find it offensive, if you find it to be too tough, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

The bitch is an empowered woman who derives tremendous strength from the ability to be an independent thinker, particularly in a world that still teaches women how to be self-abnegating. This woman doesn't live someone else's standards, only her own.

Your power gets lost the minute you start asking, "Where do I stand?" Because what you've just told him is that the terms of the relationship are now his to dictate.