Top 26 Being Assertive Quotes
#1. Using the word 'bossy' for girls can be quite harmful. What is that saying - that being focused, being assertive, being the boss has a negative attribute? And I have heard that term associated more with women than with men. 'He's so bossy' - you don't hear that. It's a very subtle thing.
Bryce Dallas Howard
#2. It does, Tennyson, because there's a fine line between confidence and arrogance. There's a fine line between being assertive and being a bully. And you're on the wrong side of both lines.
Neal Shusterman
#3. The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well being of others.
Sharon Anthony Bower
#4. Never feel bad for being assertive, speaking your mind, and putting your foot down. What you think is anger, others see as a good solid display of self-esteem.
Alison James
#5. Being assertive in the home does not produce any smiling faces, but it does bring out a few tongues.
Wes Fesler
#6. Being assertive does not mean attacking or ignoring others feelings. It means that you are willing to hold up for yourself fairly-without attacking others.
Albert Ellis
#7. There's boldness in being assertive; there's strength and confidence.
Bryan Cranston
#8. Being assertive and somewhat really firm has to be backed up with being fair.
Gordon Ramsay
#9. I think naturally, if you're an actor, there's a high level of assertiveness that you need to have to survive this business. There's boldness in being assertive, and there's strength and confidence.
Bryan Cranston
#10. Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time.
Timothy Ferriss
#11. It took a bit more argument, but at last she consented,
Diana Gabaldon
#13. I don't know where my road is going, but I know that I walk better when I hold your hand.
Alfred De Musset
#14. nationalize the tertiary sector. The bourgeoisie, who wants the spirit of lucre
Frantz Fanon
#15. The hardest thing about being an actor, for me, is that if you are the 0.00001% of individuals who wants to do it, you're a freak. And you're an assertive freak. Though actors are often shy, there's this tremendous assertive extroversion in you somewhere.
Janel Moloney
#16. I hope for quick, fluent copy and memorable pictures. The words would not 'describe' the pictures; the pictures would not 'illustrate' the words. Together, they would carry a stamp and tell a story.
Muriel Rukeyser
#17. Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character
Warren G. Bennis
#18. To be optimistic is NOT a blind sentiment in regard to the reality of life; but a hopeful view for the present moment
Quetzal
#19. I don't see any significant recession or depression in the offing.
George M. Humphrey
#20. In the wiretapping, despite all the momentum for a more assertive Congress, you're seeing Congress backing down, because there are many Republicans and even Democrats who are afraid of being seen as preventing the president from protecting the nation.
Bill Vaughan
#21. Dont harden your heart; because of the past,
it'll block your sight, of a positive future.
Nikki Rowe
#22. For the Afro-American in the 1920's being a 'New Negro' was being 'Modern'. And being an 'New Negro' meant, largely, not being an 'Old Negro', disassociating oneself from the symbols and legacy of slavery - being urbane, assertive militant.
Nathan Huggins
#23. While power is important, efficiency is critical. Many have worked hard and gone slow.
Drew Ginn
#24. Reading was not a fallback position for her but an ideal state of being.
Laura Lippman
#25. Learn to be assertive without anger attached to it.
Nikki Rowe
#26. Are you going to tell me what that was about?" Adam asked as we went back upstairs.
"Sometime," I told him. "When we're telling ghost stories around a campfire, and I want to scare you.
Patricia Briggs
