Wolf's wool is the best of wool, / but it cannot be sheared because / the wolf will not comply. — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
“Passivity will bring you short-term popularity, assertiveness will bring you respect.” — Robin Parry Copy Share Image
“Be calm; yet assertive. Be meek; yet courageous. Be gentle; yet bold. Be kind; yet strong.” — Charles F Glassman Copy Share Image
“If you have the bad MOJO of a situation or a person riding you down you must first remove that saddle.” — Donavan Nelson Butler, Master Sergeant US Army Copy Share Image
“Young Vince used football as an aggressive response to his father's strictness.” — Fritz Knapp Copy Share Image
Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, yes when we should say no. — William Glasser Copy Share Image
I really worked at becoming more assertive, and now none of my friends talk to me. — Wendy Wasserstein Copy Share Image
“When fools come for a piece of you with their shenanigans and tomfoolery let them come. However, remember to give them enough… — Donavan Nelson Butler, Master Sergeant US Army Copy Share Image
The pursuit of art is a delicate balance between influence and self-assertiveness. As self-realized artists, we all have different levels of tolerance… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
If you overcome your fear to ask someone for a date, a raise, or help with a project, that is an act… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
“To be passive is to let others decide for you. To be aggressive is to decide for others. To be assertive is… — Edith Eva Eger Copy Share Image
I catch fire and find the reserves of courage and assertiveness to speak up. When that happens I get quite carried away.… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Modesty is related to diffidence, diffidence is related to shyness, Shyness is a synonym for timidity, timidity is a characteristic of the… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“It’s a fact that you’re going to have a different opinion or view on certain topics or issues. You need stand your… — Michael Barbarulo: Author God's Healing Hands: Allow God To Reshape Your Soul Copy Share Image
“Create boundaries. Honor your limits. Say no. Take a break. Let go. Stay grounded. Nurture your body. Love your vulnerability. And if… — Aletheia Luna Copy Share Image
Ever notice who's SUCCESS look better on them? The ones who accepted their success with humble appreciation, lacking all signs of pride,… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
When women are subordinate by their culture, in being able to anticipate or think about pleasurable sex, it boosts dopamine, which is… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“You must give the aggressive and hostile aspects of yourself constructive ways of expression through assertiveness, determination, self-assuredness, boldness, mental toughness, decisiveness,… — Laurence Galian Copy Share Image
The mark of the modern world is the imagination of its profiteers and the counter-assertiveness of the oppressed. Exploitation and the refusal… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
Things that I now recognise as just part of my personality - willfulness and assertiveness, maybe even a bit of aggressiveness -… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
[After her 18-day disappearance in 1974:] I love my husband very, very much, but he didn't ask me when he ran for… — Angela Alioto Copy Share Image
It is naive to think that self-assertiveness is easy. To live self-assertively--which means to live authentically--is an act of high courage. That… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
The practice of assertiveness: being authentic in our dealings with others; treating our values and persons with decent respect in social contexts;… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
A bully hides his fears with fake bravado. That is the opposite of self-assertiveness. — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Assertiveness is not just what you say in your message but also how you say it that's important. — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
“Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Assertiveness reflects mutual understanding, mutual respect & ability of right & just communication. — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
[To Parliament, when it urged her to marry and settle the succession:] You attend to your own duties and I'll perform mine. — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and… — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well being of… — Sharon Anthony Bower Copy Share Image
Like Rousseau, whom he resembles even more than he resembles Voltaire, Shaw never gave a social form to his assertiveness, never desired… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
When there is willpower, there is firmness, decisiveness, determination, assertiveness,resolution, persistence, and the power of pushing yourself towards goals and achievements. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
“This is now a well-studied aspect of psychology. Social hierarchies inhibit assertiveness. We talk to those in authority in what is called… — Matthew Syed Copy Share Image
“No matter how much the soul undergoes stomaching in their specific, destructive sufferings, which triggers, a more abrupt rewritten control for their… — David Barksdale Copy Share Image
“And just for the record, I think he needed to be a little more assertive with the woman he loved. That's why… — Janice Hanna Copy Share Image
Assertiveness is the ability to clearly state what one expects so that there will be no misunderstandings. One must be assertive to… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
“Giving reasons during conflict to justify or defend a viewpoint is just as manipulative as giving reasons to attack that viewpoint. Neither… — Manuel J. Smith Copy Share Image
![“[After her 18-day disappearance in 1974:] I love my husband very, very much, but he didn't ask me when he ran for mayor and he didn't consult me about running for governor. It would be nice to be asked. ... You know, I've been my mother's daughter, my father's daughter, the wife of my husband, the…” quote by Angela Alioto](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a5a/angela-alioto-29373_ask-me_after-her-18-day-disappearance-in-1974-i_125354.jpg)
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