Quotes about Assertiveness
Have courage" therefore means "Let your center speak.
- Henri Nouwen
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
There are no 'strong women.' And men, don't say, 'Real men don't try to bully women.' If a woman attacks you, you fight back.
- Jesse Lee Peterson
Always, every now and then, I had given her a hard time, just to keep her in line. Every once in a while a woman seems to need, in fact wants this too.
- Malcolm X
Don't waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.
- Joel Osteen
It's time for women to stop being politely angry.
- Leymah Gbowee
Don't allow the unrealistic demands of others to march freely into your life.
- Lysa TerKeurst
I wasn't mean; I wasn't evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.
- John Eldredge
If you want my advice, Peter, you've made a mistake already. By asking me. By asking anyone. Never ask people. Not about your work. Don't you know what you want? How can you stand it, not to know?
- Ayn Rand
A truly selfish man cannot be affected by the approval of others. He doesn't need it.
- Ayn Rand
You don't care what others think - which might be understandable. But you don't care even to make them think as you do? No. But that's...that's monstrous. Is it? Probably. I couldn't say.
- Ayn Rand
A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.
- Robert Kiyosaki