17 Inspiring Quotes about
Choose to be proactive, assertive, and self-defining.
(Bryant McGill)
Conducting oneself with confidence and self-assurance, yet without aggression; calmly standing up for your beliefs and rights; and asking for what you want.
You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for – YOU.
(Shannon L. Alder)
A snake, being constantly stepped on, complained to Zeus, who replied: “If you’d bitten the first who stepped on you, there would never have been a second.”
(Aesop)
The best gifts are never given, but claimed.
(Warren Ellis)
The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.
(Warren Buffett)
I encourage people to remember that “no” is a complete sentence.
(Gavin de Becker)
Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, yes when we should say no.
(William Glasser)
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.
(Eleanor Roosevelt)
Control your own destiny or someone else will.
(Jack Welch)
If you don’t ask, you don’t get.
(Stevie Wonder)
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)
The only healthy communication style is assertive communication.
(Jim Rohn)
Assertiveness is most effective when least applied.
(Wes Fessler)
Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
(Maya Angelou)
You create your opportunities by asking for them.
(Patty Hansen)
Asking for what you want is highly correlated with getting it.
(Thomas T. Hills)
Don’t assume you are going to get a no. Take the risk to ask for whatever you need and want.
(Jack Canfield)
