When fools come for a piece of you with their shenanigans…

Assertiveness is not what you do, it's who you are!

— Shakti Gawain

“Be calm; yet assertive. Be meek; yet courageous. Be gentle; yet bold. Be kind; yet strong.”

— Charles F Glassman

Being assertive in the home does not produce any smiling faces, but it does bring out a few tongues.

— Wes Fesler

I think naturally, if you're an actor, there's a high level of assertiveness that you need to have to survive this business. There's boldness…

— Bryan Cranston

“It’s a fact that you’re going to have a different opinion or view on certain topics or issues. You need stand your ground by…

— Michael Barbarulo: Author God's Healing Hands: Allow God To Reshape Your Soul

I had received my first establishment grants in response to applications filed the year before. To the pages of baffling forms I had simply…

— Twyla Tharp

“Every great achiever is inspired by a great mentor.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

[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…

— Angela Alioto

If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which…

— Arlen Specter

“Some people’s self-esteem was secretly improved when they discovered that their then-lovers had killed themselves over them.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Once you have a major success with assertiveness, you learn that it's a much healthier path than being a doormat to the insensitive folks.…

— Doreen Virtue

The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.

— Louisa May Alcott

“I have what it takes to get the work done.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

If you overcome your fear to ask someone for a date, a raise, or help with a project, that is an act of self-assertiveness.…

— Nathaniel Branden

“Whoa, hello, assertiveness! How lovely to make your acquaintance.”

— Tom Leveen