Assertiveness Quotes

sooner or later I do what I want to do.

— Muriel Spark

“I have only dwelt in my thoughts.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Choose to be pro-active, assertive and self-defining.

— Anonymous

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

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Let's build bridges, not walls.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

— Shakti Gawain

“Nothing is as irritating to a shy man as a confident girl.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

— Louisa May Alcott

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

— Tom Leveen

A bully hides his fears with fake bravado. That is the opposite of self-assertiveness.

— Nathaniel Branden

I really worked at becoming more assertive, and now none of my friends talk to me.

— Wendy Wasserstein

Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, yes when we should say no.

— William Glasser

“Young Vince used football as an aggressive response to his father's strictness.”

— Fritz Knapp

[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

Assertiveness reflects mutual understanding, mutual respect & ability of right & just communication.

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

“Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

— Arlen Specter

“Create boundaries. Honor your limits. Say no. Take a break. Let go. Stay grounded. Nurture your body. Love your vulnerability. And if…

— Aletheia Luna

“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

When there is willpower, there is firmness, decisiveness, determination, assertiveness,resolution, persistence, and the power of pushing yourself towards goals and achievements.

— Senoraroy

Like Rousseau, whom he resembles even more than he resembles Voltaire, Shaw never gave a social form to his assertiveness, never desired…

— Jacques Barzun

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

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

— Bryan Cranston

Modesty is related to diffidence, diffidence is related to shyness, Shyness is a synonym for timidity, timidity is a characteristic of the…

— Dean Koontz

“If you live your life to please everyone else, you will continue to feel frustrated and powerless. This is because what others…

— Beverly Engel

The quote is always fascinating because it changes out of context, becomes different and sometimes more mysterious. It has a directness and…

— Susan Sontag

“So many people live their lives not knowing the real and exact reasons why they live. They follow anything for something and…

— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Mother Nature's ruthless to the weak, but isn't arbitrary cruel or negative. Mother Nature saves aggression for extreme situations, and instead uses…

— Anonymous

I've been described as a tough and noisy woman, a prize fighter, a man-hater, you name it. They call me Battling Bella,…

— Bella Abzug

“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

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

[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

“In reality, for anybody to make real impact, he ought to be real. He ought to know the real position of materialism…

— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“A BILL OF ASSERTIVE RIGHTS I: You have the right to judge your own behavior, thoughts, and emotions, and to take the…

— Manuel J. Smith

I have repeatedly stressed that the selfish impulses of man constitute a much less historic danger than his integrative tendencies. To put…

— Arthur Koestler

I think the opposite version of me is the one we don't see, which is there are tens of thousands of outrageously…

— Gary Vaynerchuk

I'm really a pussycat - with an iron tail.

— Rona Barrett

“Don’t mistake assertiveness or eloquence for good ideas.”

— Susan Cain

There is a fine line between assertiveness and being relaxed.

— Justin Guarini

Assertiveness is most effective when least applied.

— Wes Fesler