Quotes About Assertive

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Shannon L. Alder
“Staying silent is like a slow growing cancer to the soul and a trait of a true coward. There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for—YOU.”
― Shannon L. Alder
tags: assertive, assertiveness, bravery, choices, confidence, courage, coward, daughter-of-god, dignity, disrespect, enemies, fearful, integrity, low-self-esteem, retreat, scores, self-esteem, self-respect, self-worth, silence, women
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Nothing is as irritating to a shy man as a confident girl.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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“rather awkwardly shy and therefore at times defensive and rather too assertive”
― John Williams
tags: assertive, defensive, shy, shyness
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“There is always a good choice and there is always a better choice. There is always the best choice and there is always a choice to choose. If only you would think of the summary of your life tomorrow today, you would yearn to live and leave a distinctive footprint and you would never stand for anything at all”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
tags: assertive, choices-and-consequences, facing-challenges, facing-the-facts, facing-the-truth, inspirational-quotes, knowing-your-purpose, knowledge-is-power, leave-a-footprint, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, the-right-choices, the-summary-of-life, think-of-tomorrow, understanding-life, wisdom-quotes, words-of-wisdom
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“Being assertive enough to avoid being coerced into sex sounds like a good skill to learn. But you have to wonder what the corresponding page on Challenges said: Try not to rape your girlfriend?”
― Moira Wegel
tags: assertive, men, sex, women
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Sarah Dalton
“I am Mae Waylander from Halts-Walden, daughter of Robert Waylander, a good man who lost his life saving hers.' I point to Ellen. 'And I am the girl who has saved your brother's life on numerous occasions in the Waerg Woods - who fought off a wood nymph, a psychotic pre-adolescent prophet, and a determined flock of killer birds - only to have your father shoot an arrow in my side because I wouldn't let him kill my stag.”
― Sarah Dalton
tags: assertive, awesome, fantasy, heroine, sarah-dalton, take-that, white-hart, young-adult
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