Top 1200 Being Assertive Quotes & Sayings

We need a global approach to this from all sides. We need to educate people, we need the scientists to create new technologies, we need the engineers to create the networks, we need every human being to be aware of how precious water is and save it. Everybody has to be involved in a very firm and assertive way.

I don't even really see sit-ins and marches as passive. I see them as quite assertive. I see those as emotionally aggressive tactics. I see people putting their lives on the line and being bold and brave.

I know in the business world, some women won't speak if there are men in meetings for fear of being seen as too assertive.

I need to learn to be more assertive.

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.

It is a mistake to look at someone who is self assertive and say, "It's easy for her, she has good self-esteem." One of the ways you build self-esteem is by being self-assertive when it is not easy to do so. There are always times when self-assertiven ess requires courage, no matter how high your self-esteem.

Writing is one of the most assertive things a person can do.

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.

Ed Koch will never "rest in peace." That was not his way. He was always nervously squirming, while making others squirm as well. Comfort was not his goal. He understood that to be a proud and assertive Jew meant never being able to leave a sigh of relief and say "it's over, we are at peace, we can now put down our guard and relax."

Ed Koch will never 'rest in peace.' That was not his way. He was always nervously squirming, while making others squirm as well. Comfort was not his goal. He understood that to be a proud and assertive Jew meant never being able to leave a sigh of relief and say, 'It's over, we are at peace, we can now put down our guard and relax.'

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

We do not find happiness by being assertive. We don't find happiness by running over people because we see what we want and they are in the way of that happiness so we either abandon them or we smash them. The Scriptures don't teach us to be assertive. The Scriptures teach us — and this is remarkable — the Scriptures teach us to be submissive. This is not a popular idea.

Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.

I was very shy and withdrawn as a child, but people know me as these assertive women. They are not me.

Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it's too assertive to the naked eye.

Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character

I really worked at becoming more assertive, and now none of my friends talk to me.

New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in.

Women are a little more assertive in terms of our ability to express our feelings when we fall in love.

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.

Choose to be pro-active, assertive and self-defining.

There's a massive part of me that can be bold and courageous...very strong and very assertive and independent, almost to a fault sometimes.

It was not in my nature to be an assertive person. I was used to looking to others for guidance, for influence, sometimes for the most basic cues of life. And yet writing stories is one of the most assertive things a person can do. Fiction is an act of willfulness, a deliberate effort to reconceive, to rearrange, to reconstitute nothing short of reality itself. Even among the most reluctant and doubtful of writers, this willfulness must emerge. Being a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying, "Listen to me."

Being assertive and somewhat really firm has to be backed up with being fair.

There's boldness in being assertive; there's strength and confidence.

The minute you step into a job where you have to be at all tough and assertive, that's when the mischief happens. And you're not allowed to be assertive and feminine.

TDP is always very assertive for public interest.

Being assertive in the home does not produce any smiling faces, but it does bring out a few tongues.

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.

Of course you don't want to make outs on the bases , but there are times you have to be assertive in order to get other things that you want.

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.

There are a lot of negotiators that really will give in on a deal because being understood is more important than getting what they want. And there's a particular type in particular, the assertive negotiator: being understood is actually more important to them than actually making the deal.

I think that Rachel Maddow is probably the most assertive, politically motivated and accurate voice of my generation.

Be more assertive with what you want to do.

I'd like to see mothers at home be more assertive, be unapologetic, give themselves permission, and to stand up for themselves as an equal parent, whether that is being a parent who's authoritative and needs to discipline and put healthy boundaries in, or to serve out the candy.

I have to be more assertive-I have take more control at crunch time.

The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.

Eurasia is home to most of the world's politically assertive and dynamic states.

With the decline of America's global preeminence, weaker countries will be more susceptible to the assertive influence of major regional powers.

Being a feminist is not about how successful, talented, and assertive you are in your own life. It's about whether you support the struggle to overcome the limiting gendered stereotypes and barriers that force so many women to restrict their aspirations as workers, to fulfill their aspirations as parents, and force so many men to do the opposite.

I'd like to be more assertive when it comes to confrontation. I'm fine on the pitch, but off the pitch, I'm a bit of a softy.

In the postindustrial age, labor is seen as essentially uninvolved in the social process because there is no need for assertive labor.

The integrative tendencies of the individual are incomparably more dangerous than his self-assertive tendencies.

The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well being of others.

We needed to be assertive as women in those days - assertive and aggressive - and the degree to which we had to be that way depended on where you were. I had to be.

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.

You need to receive the ball and be assertive with it.

China has a more assertive, proactive foreign policy as its interests are growing around the world.

Be assertive, but don't forget to look around. I realized there are other opinions that can be more useful to me than just sticking to my guns.

The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. The idealists are not usually realistic, and the realists are not usually idealistic. The militant are not generally known to be passive, nor the passive to be militant. Seldom are the humble self-assertive, or the self-assertive humble. But life at it's best is a creative synthesis of opposites in fruitful harmony.

In 'Play Misty For Me', its inexplicably assertive knife-woman nearly manages the impossible task of slaughtering Clint Eastwood.

Nothing is more beautifully and acceptably self-assertive than good singing.

Centenarians tend to be assertive, suspicious, and practical.

I'm not a very assertive person.

I've worked very hard at understanding myself, learning to be assertive. I'm past the point where I worry about people liking me.

Calm assertive energy is the energy you project to show your dog you are the Pack Leader. Assertive does not mean angry or aggressive. Calm-assertive means always compassionate, but quietly in control.

When I came into politics, I remember reading these scorecards of my performance, and I would routinely have these comments about not being assertive enough.

Ive worked very hard at understanding myself, learning to be assertive. Im past the point where I worry about people liking me.

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.

Although individual temperaments vary, boys are designed to be more assertive, audacious, and excitable than girls are.