Quotes About Assertion

because everyone knew that saying it out loud made it true.

Fine. It's your life, but—" "But you're still going to tell me what to do?" he asked, a small smile on his lips. She went into defense mode at his amused tone. "Well, I'm sure as hell not going to be quiet about it." "Duly noted," he said dryly. "And for the record? I never want you to be quiet, Elle.

All right, you primitive screwheads. Listen up. I'm Harry Dresden. I'm the new Winter Knight.

Our foreign policy has become an aggressive assertion of military superiority in a defensive and reactive mode, seeking to protect us against growing and invisible threats instead of addressing the root causes of those threats.

mean, you're not actually going to the party with him!" "Yes, I am," Hannah confirmed

I was the one who said things changed; you were the one who proved it.

Take notes you lookin at a bad bi....

I should really stop being nice, I should just not care about certain things...

I've turned into a bi... because I'm tired of being nice to people that are just going to take advantage of you.

Sick of being nice to people who dont give a damn.

Advice is sought to confirm a position already taken.

We don't mind if someone wants to give us advice; we only object if they insist we take it.

I don't want to hear another word about my attitude. i don't want anyone looking over my shoulder, and I sure as hell don't want anyone second-guessing what I do. (Mitch Rapp)

Even the most sophisticated philosopher has no defense against the most uneducated and untrained Christian whose plain assertion of the gospel is empowered by the Holy Spirit. Although it is far better to be properly equipped, not by worldly professionalism but by a sound understanding and application of the faith, our overall success and progress is guaranteed by the divine promise.

One has to forget about being sweet, pleasant, and helpful; one has to give oneself permission to publicly dominate the other. One has to manage without the other's approval.

Sia chiaro, per me ragione significa che io ho ragione.

Anarchism, to me, means not only the denial of authority, not only a new economy, but a revision of the principles of morality. It means the development of the individual as well as the assertion of the individual. It means self-responsibility, and not leader worship.

Why that's a colossal fib. I'm a very kind person. I've never hurt man, beast or child. Except when I had to. I belong to the Bare-Hand-Wolf-Choker Association.

Aphorisms are essentially an aristocratic genre of writing. The aphorist does not argue or explain, he asserts; and implicit in his assertion is a conviction that he is wiser and more intelligent than his readers.

There are people out there who want to say yes. That gave me confidence to keep asking.

If you want to say no, be firm and direct.

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

If you do not speak up when it matters, when would it matter that you speak? The opposite of courage is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

Everyone is entitled to my opinion.