Quotes About Self-assertion

I feel like what made 'Nasty' so fire was it was finally something that they couldn't take from me.

What's really important? That I'm an individual, I guess. I am an individual - a strong one, too. I'm Natalie Cole. I gotta be me.

You can't go on all the time being whatever's necessary. You've got to have some conviction, and I'm convinced I don't want to be anyone's underdog. It's not right for anyone to be that. But once you get used to it, well, it just seems natural and you just carry on. And that's the end of you. You're trapped.

Who you mom is and how she lives her life isn't a reflection of you. You can make your own choices. And there's nothing for you to be ashamed of. But you'll have to dream big, Tully.

You can't fire me because I quit.

Let those who want to hatch hatch their own eggs. ----Martinique proverb

Fertility, sexuality, strength, and the ability to create and nurture life: These were the powers of women ... It was a ripening, yes, but not just for the purpose of bearing children, or being a wife. It represented a claiming of one's self...

Perempuan jangan selalu merasa dirinya harus mengorbankan dirinya kepada laki-laki dengan gampang

You would make a very ugly woman" "I would not. I would be stunning

Well you can go ahead and hand your head out the window if you feel like it" "I'm a werewolf not a golden retriever

What about you, little girl? You going to be a Shadowhunter like your dad?" Clary tried to hide her annoyance. "No," she said. "I'm going to be a Shadowhunter, but I'm not going to be like my father. And my name's Clarissa, but you can call me Clary." The elevator came to a stop; the doors slid open. The warlock woman's blue eyes rested on Clary for a moment. "Oh, I know your name," she said. "Clarissa Morgenstern. Little girl who stopped a big war.

Faltaba más -dijo-, yo no me debo explicaciones ni a mí mismo.

anger has a bad reputation. It's a negotiation device that helps us stand up for ourselves, to say, in effect, "Get off my turf; you're stomping on my sense of self. Stop crossing into my backyard." Then it's up to the other person to deal with your anger—to decide whether it's a legitimate problem that requires a change in his or her behaviour.

Get off my turf; you're stomping on my sense of self. Stop crossing into my backyard.

I am not a little girl anymore, dazzled by your magic. It is my magic, now, too.

What's in a name?" rumbled Iago. "People will call you whatever they want. New owner, new name. If it bothers you, you oughtn't come when you're called. They'll learn eventually. I rarely come trotting when someone hollers for me. That's all a name's for, in the end.

I am not a doormat. I get to decide what I will or won't do in this life, nobody else, and, no matter how cute Marley Hayes might be, he doesn't get to boss me around. (Lexie)

The woman who realizes that she is bound by a million Lilliputian threads in an attitude of impotence and hatred masquerading as tranquility and love has no option but to run away, if she is not to be corrupted and extinguished utterly.

Right!" said Joe. "My middle name is Joseph, anyway.

if you don't stand up for yourselves, how can you stand up for anybody else?

safety. As Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote, "When the slave leaves bondage, his first act is to name himself.

That's when it clicked. When everything changed. When I realized that nobody else was going to do it for me. If I was going to thrive, to survive, I had to choose myself. In every way. The stakes have risen too high not to.

Your crown has been bought and paid for. Put it on your head and wear it.

Having the courage to stand up for yourself is like bringing swords to a stick fight.