#Assertiveness Quotes

“Never hit if you can help it, but when you have to, hit hard. Never hit soft. You'll never get any thanks for hitting soft.”

“Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.”

“Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.”

“I'm not going to sit here and argue with you. Just PUT THE BLOODY METER ON.”

“Shut up, I know what I'm doing!”

“So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.”

“I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.”

“Learn how to say no. Don't let your mouth overload your back.”

“Every time we speak, we choose and use one of four basic communication styles: assertive, aggressive, passive and passive-aggressive.”

“The only healthy communication style is assertive communication.”

“Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.”

“I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it.”

“I don't want to throw rice. I want to throw rocks.”

“We will not be dictated to by men with less intelligence, energy, initiative and ambition than we ourselves possess.”

“If I cannot get men who steer a middle course to associate with, I would far rather have the impetuous and hasty. For the impetuous at any rate assert themselves.”

“A little sturdiness when superiors are much in the wrong sometimes occasions consideration. And there is truth in the old saying that if you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you.”

“... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'”

“I think the hardest thing is to know what you want, ask for it, and then to stop talking.”

“Make no a complete sentence.”

“In conclusion, I invite the media to all grow a pair. And if you can't, I will lend you mine.”

“I love saying 'yes' and I love saying 'please.' Saying 'yes' doesn't mean I don't know how to say no, and saying 'please' doesn't mean I am waiting for permission. 'Yes please' sounds powerful and concise. It's a response and a request. It is not about being a good girl; it is about being a real woman.”

“It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need.”

“Saying "yes" doesn't mean I don't know how to say no, and saying "please" doesn't mean I am waiting for permission.”