Quotes About Self-assertion

But whether you stay or go, the critical decision you can make is to stop letting your partner distort the lens of your life, always forcing his way into the center of the picture. You deserve to have your life be about you; you are worth it.

the Self stakes out its own territory within us to assure getting its own way, ordering our world to its likings. It has imbedded assumptions and privileges in our psyche; there is a momentum to its desires, motives, and presence in us. I call this the Self Life.

For a brief moment we believe, "Now I have the power to be me and do what I want.

Hago lo que quiero - afirmó Garp -. No le pongas otro nombre. Sólo hago lo que me da la gana... y eso es precisamente lo que hizo mi madre toda su vida, o sea lo que quería hacer.

I love you, but I'm done living my life your way.

I will never allow another individual to turn my voice into an echo, for I was not born to be censored!

Just because you see me having fun, doesnt mean Ive moved on, it just means that I'm taking back what you took away from me.

I've thrown away the blues, I'm tired of being used.

Judge me, and I'll prove you wrong. Tell me what to do, and ill tell you off. Say I'm not worth it, and watch where I end up. Call me a bi..., and ill show you one. fu.. me over, and I'll do it twice as bad. Call me crazy.'.But you really have no idea.

If you don't like my words, don't listen. If you don't like my appearance, don't look. If you don't like my actions, turn your head; It's as simple as that.

Nothing you or your friends say will affect my life in any way, shape, or form.

Consider your self as a strong person when you have been challenged enough...(think about it) If you have allowed people to continually step all over you,then you deserve to be used as a doormat!

I could feel his power reaching for my secrets. In the old days I would have rushed forth with a brimming cup of answers, to give him all he wanted. But I was not the same as I had been. I owed him nothing. He would have of me only what I wanted to give.

You shall not look at me, she wants to say, you shall not see into me. I will not be yours. How dare you assess me and find me lacking?

The record stated, I am the record

The right to be the final judge of yourself is the prime assertive right which allows no one to manipulate you. It is the assertive right from which your other assertive rights are derived. Your other assertive rights are only more specific everyday applications of this prime right.

If you don't define yourself for yourself then you will be crushed into other's fantasies of you and eaten alive

I'm a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.

I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.

People say I've changed so much.Well here's the truth, I grew up. I stopped letting people push me around all time. I learned that you can't always be happy. I accepted reality.

I grew up. I stopped letting people push me around all the time. I learned that you can't always be happy. I accepted reality.

Remember that you don't belong to anyone and you only answer to yourself. People may push you around and say negative things, but don't let them bother you. Don't let stress, uncertainty or other negative distractions to keep you from reaching your dreams. Remain confident and true to yourself and good things are bound to happen.

Be the way in which you want, but not the way in which what others want in you.

Don't ever let a soul in the world tell you, you can't be exactly who you are.