Quotes about Assertiveness

Men with anger do not know how to deal with unreasonable, pushy people, particularly women.

If you live your life by what others say, it stops being your life.

I like to do all the talking myself.  It saves time, and prevents arguments." "But

He said that when we finally did get the farm paid for we could tell everybody to go to hell. That was what he lived for, to own his farm without having to say please or thank you to a living soul.

I can stand on my own feet; I don't need any man's mahogany desk to prop me up

That was the voice of one who knew his own mind.

so I stand here without further deprecatory words.

Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Givers have to set limits because takers rarely do.

If there's something bothering me in the business end of things with people I work with, I just say it right out.

A man should be decided always, both where he knows and where he does not know. He should be as ready to say "no" as "yes", as quick to acknowledge his ignorance as to impart his knowledge. If he stands upon fact, and acts from the simple truth, he will find no room for halting between two opinions.

No one gives you anything in life, Teresa would say, you have to take it by force, and as soon as you get careless they'll take it back.