Quotes about Assertion

Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.

Some claimed that he was, but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “I am the one.”

They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.

Assertion is not argument; to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are correct.

The assertion is often made, indeed, that Jesus kept His own Person out of His gospel, and came forward merely as the supreme prophet of God. That assertion lies at the very root of the modern liberal conception of the life of Christ. But common as it is, it is radically false.

Flowers and fruits are always fit presents; flowers because they are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.... these delicate flowers look like the frolic and interference of love and beauty.

Only the man who says no is free

He went on saying No to her, on principle, for he never yielded to a woman on account of her sex.

I tell you what, Mr. Fledgeby,' said Lammle, advancing on him. 'Since you presume to contradict me, I'll assert myself a little. Give me your nose!' Fledgeby covered it with his hand instead, and said, retreating, 'I beg you won't!' ... 'Say no more, say no more!' Mr. Lammle repeated in a magnificent tone. 'Give me your'--Fledgeby started-- 'hand.

I don't kiss nobody's butt.

He wanted a feeling of importance; and as long as Mr. Parsons argued with him, he got his feeling of importance by loudly asserting his authority. But as soon as his importance was admitted and the argument stopped and he was permitted to expand his ego, he became a sympathetic and kindly human being.

I'm a very opinionated person and when I feel something I have to say it.