"A bully hides his fears with fake bravado.……" — Nathaniel Branden
"A bully hides his fears with fake bravado. That is the opposite of self-assertiveness."
More Assertiveness Quotes
- Assertiveness is not what you do, it's who you are! — Shakti Gawain
- If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness,… — Arlen Specter
- The mark of the modern world is the imagination of its profiteers and the counter-assertiveness of the oppressed. Exploitation and… — Immanuel Wallerstein
- I catch fire and find the reserves of courage and assertiveness to speak up. When that happens I get quite… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
- One of the hardest expressions of self-assertiveness is challenging your limiting beliefs. — Nathaniel Branden
- It is naive to think that self-assertiveness is easy. To live self-assertively--which means to live authentically--is an act of high… — Nathaniel Branden
- Such exaggerations have been so common that the public takes them with a grain of salt and partly excuses them… — Daniel Starch
- The only healthy communication style is assertive communication. — Jim Rohn
- Every time we speak, we choose and use one of four basic communication styles: assertive, aggressive, passive and passive-aggressive. — Jim Rohn
- There is a fine line between assertiveness and being relaxed. — Justin Guarini
- Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, yes when we should… — William Glasser
- The practice of assertiveness: being authentic in our dealings with others; treating our values and persons with decent respect in… — Nathaniel Branden