Quotes About Assertion

In the Indian culture you never told your parents, your wife, your husband or your children, "I love you." This was not a part of this culture because the moment you say it, it's almost like it's not there. You're only trying to assert it. Love is not an assertion. Love is a supplication. An asserting mind can never be a loving mind.

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

Mirá, Nati, al que voy a echar por el tubito y listo es al perro

They do sometimes protest...At these times, she sounds authoritative. But she has no authority.

Silence may be golden," I said, "but it won't win many arguments. If you have something to say, don't keep your ideas locked up; unclench your jaws and set those thoughts free. And don't be afraid to interrupt, because that may be the only way you are going to be heard.

Rebecca is asserting her independence. Her thinking is simple and egocentric: "I can" or "I can't"; "I will" or "I won't." Independence is about managing one's self. Autonomy is a much broader, tougher, and more complex task than independence. It weaves together advanced thinking, self-reliance, self-regulation, intimacy, and connection. Autonomy is the capacity to be both independent and connected to others.

Patroclus. I have given enough to them. I will not give them this.

On this the young Mary asserted herself, adamantly refusing to be detached from the main body of the court for very long.

Mary rose and declared in the full glare of publicity that there was "no other queen of England but herself.

Facts are in logical space and independent of one another and can only be stated or asserted.

The first person who says anything unpleasant will get a swift kick in the ass.

Nancy cut him off. "Larry wouldn't let her. We

It's OK to assert yourself. Obviously, as a woman, I do experience the consequence of asserting yourself - you're not supposed to assert yourself.

What is there in being able to say that one has dominated the stream in an attitude of self-defense; in proving that one has had the experience of carrying a stick?

We let other people hurt us simply because we think their opinions and actions are more important than ours.

You can't be too nice all the time. You have to learn to be stern or people take advantage of your good nature.

You give some people an inch and they take a mile. But that doesn't mean you need to keep giving. Cut off the gravy train if you're overextending yourself. When you're depleted, you're no good to yourself or anyone else.

Im sick of always being nice to people and always being the bigger person.

When a person feels powerless in regard to controlling his life, he can defend against the discomfort of such an experience by asserting control over someone else.

Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion.

The record stated, I am the record

I like contradictions. We have never attained the infinite variety and contradictions that exist in nature. Tomorrow I shall contradict myself. That is the one way I have of asserting my liberty, the real liberty one does not find as a member of society.

and in witnessing the same grant he went even further, referring to himself as 'king of Britain'.

How do you like your peace now, motherfucker?