Quotes About Self-assertion

Mes vaidiname daug vaidmen?. Kai kuriuos šiaip, d?l smagumo, kitus d?l to, kad kitiems taip norisi. O dažniausiai - kad apgintume save.

There is, however, hope for any person who wants to remain an individual. He can assert himself and refuse to conform. He'll be on his own, that's true, but while he will not have the security enjoyed by those who do conform, there will be no limits to what he may achieve.

i am referred to as Alexandrina Victoria. But i do not like the name Alexandrina. From now on i wish to be called Victoria.

I am somebody. I am me. And I don't need anybody to make me somebody.

Self-assertion more often than not is vulgar, but a live and vulgar dog who keeps on barking is better than a dead lion, however dignified.

THROAT: I can speak for myself. I express myself freely. I am creative. I speak with love.

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

What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.

I do not feel inhibited or bound by what I am. That does not mean that I have never had bad scenes relating to being Black and/or a woman, it means that other people's craziness has not managed to make me crazy.

I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that.

They shall not be expected to acknowledge us until we have acknowledged ourselves.

Now, as your adult gives your wounded inner child permission to disobey your parents' beliefs and rules, your inner child must believe that you have enough power to go against your parents. This power is what Eric Berne called potency

It was like one day I just snapped. Youd done it a hundred times before but I wouldnt let you this time. No, not this time. You cant break me.

Taking back our power means deciding who we are, and who we wish to be. This is only possible when we no longer make our past or other peoples opinions "about us".

Call me a bi... one more time and I'll show you what a real one is.

The 'I'm a lesbian!' outburst when a guy won't leave you alone...

If people keep stepping on you, wear a pointy hat.

The fundamental basis of education must always remain that one must act for oneself. That is clear. One must act for him or herself.

You should be able to wear exactly what you want to wear.

If you don't like something, change it. My parents expected me to stay in my office job as an administrator at the Co-op because I'm disabled, but I said no and changed my whole life.

I'm learning to deal with my loneliness because then nobody can muck me around any more.

As far as managing, I've been managing myself from the beginning, so if I don't start speaking up for myself, nobody will.

She is a famous artists' model who claims to have been christened Topaz - even if this is true there is no law to make a woman stick to a name like that.

Do not let people put you down. Believe in yourself and stand for yourself and trust yourself.