Quotes about Assertion

Liberties are not given, they are taken.

A disciplined person not only knows how to say 'no' to themselves but 'no' to other people when they need to.

that prudence of yours makes you veer about, determined not to commit yourself to either side, but to pass safely between Scylla and Charybdis; with the result that, finding yourself battered and buffeted by the waves in the midst of the sea, you assert everything you deny and deny everything you assert.

Nothing is more familiar or characteristic among Christians than assertion. Take away assertions, and you take away Christianity.

Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in the person of another. One gains a profoundly personal, selfish joy from the mere existence of the person one loves. It is one's own personal, selfish happiness that one seeks, earns, and derives from love.

There were no other groups in the ancient world going around claiming to be the human race.

saying, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘Your silver and gold are mine, and your best wives and children are mine!’”

If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”

I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.

Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.

Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.

“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.