Every time we speak, we choose and use one of four basic communication styles: assertive, aggressive, passive and passive-aggressive. — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Man is constituted as a speculative being; he contemplates the world, and the objects around him, not with a passive indifferent eye,… — John Herschel Copy Share Image
I have to just keep being aggressive. Once I see openings I just have to take them and not be passive. — Jrue Holiday Copy Share Image
“Bad enough, but he was limp and vacant, passive and beyond caring. A walking invitation to the kind of man who doesn’t… — Declan Burke Copy Share Image
In my view, a philanthropist is anyone who gives anything - time, money, experience, skills or networks - in any amount, to… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Copy Share Image
Policy is largely set by economic elites and organized groups representing business interests with little concern for public attitudes or public safety,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A team is not made up of isolated individuals. Always stay in the game. Don't be passive. Football is a team game.… — Pele Copy Share Image
It's going to take a while because for the last 500 years patriarchal societies have been devoted to controlling reproduction and that… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Listening is one thing; however, ACTIVE listening is quite another. The first is a passive act which does not require great involvement,… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
There is, of course, no joy so great as the cessation of pain; in fact all joy, active or passive, is the… — Ada Leverson Copy Share Image
Residual income is passive income that comes in every month whether you show up or not. It’s when you no longer get… — Steve Fisher Copy Share Image
It is natural that we face obstacles in pursuit of our goals. But if we remain passive, making no effort to solve… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Detroit is a fascinating place, because things are so bad there that the dystopia has almost become utopian. People know they can't… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
Next, take a look at the quality of the people who surround you. Do these people back you emotionally, or not? If… — Stuart Wilde Copy Share Image
The day becomes more solemn and serene When noon is past; there is a harmony In autumn, and a lustre in its… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
I think, for the good of the country and the fact that you don't want a question coming up every time there's… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
We have opted for petty determinisms - childhood trauma, genetic inheritance, social conditioning, etc. - that have made us comparatively passive. We… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
You know, you have to start with hope...you don't get anywhere in this country without hope. So it's a necessity. What Barack… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Awareness is observation without choice, condemnation, or justification. Awareness is silent observation from which there arises understanding without the experiencer and the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
In contrast to the knowledge that keeps man in a passive quietude, Desire dis-quiets him and moves him to action. Born of… — Alexandre Kojeve Copy Share Image
Refuse to be a lazy Christian, and resist a passive, apathetic attitude. — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
I think passive beauties have their place in the world. It's hard for me to relate to that. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and impure streams… — James Allen Copy Share Image
Hatred is active displeasure, envy passive. We need not wonder that envy turns to soon to hatred. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
When I'm at my best, I'm ready to hit from pitch one. When I go up there and I'm passive, I'm not… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
You can't be a passive recipient of images, you have to engage with images and read their subtexts. These are critical things… — Sharmila Tagore Copy Share Image
To obtain financial freedom, one must be either a business owner, an investor, or both, generating passive income, particularly on a monthly… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
I need something to hold fuck that passive aggression and when I'm back from off that road don't ask me no questions. — Wale Copy Share Image
I think, on a surface level, people are surprised to see me playing such a passive role in 'Good.' — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Live in the active voice, rather than passive. Think more about what you happen than what is happening to you. — William DeWitt Hyde Copy Share Image
Come from a place of love. Love isn't passive or shy. It's actually the most powerful energy in the universe. — Doreen Virtue Copy Share Image
A poet feels the impulse to create a work of art when the passive awe provoked by an event is transformed into… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“He who makes $25,000 annually through passive income is more enviable than he who earns $100,000 annually through a salary.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I was very soft. I gained a lot of weight with my second child and was very on the couch. And [my… — Shannyn Sossamon Copy Share Image
We practice conscious forgetting by refusing to summon up the fiery material, we refuse to recollect. To forget is an active, not… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
We have to start thinking of ourselves as citizens of the Internet, not just passive users. I don’t see how we can… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
“Pushing your limits is what allows you to grow stronger, so if you find yourself feeling passive, it can make sense to… — Max McKeown Copy Share Image