Paulo Coelho Quotes

When you feel powerful, you are willing to stand up for your rights, you are willing to stand up for what you believe in, you're more willing to stand up and be counted.

I've always felt that if you're not on your side, why should anyone else be. So I always encourage people to be confident, and sometime even a little falsely so, just so you can give yourself an opportunity.

All I know is that it is important to stand up for ourselves, no matter how inconvenient the reality is.

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

We are too ready (women especially) not to stand by what we have said or done.

Take the place and attitude to which you see your unquestionable right, and all men acquiesce.

Never be bullied into silence.

I guess just personally I've become a bolder person in my day-to-day. I think a lot of it came from moving to Brooklyn. I just sort of became an adult and started speaking up for myself and not apologising for myself.

But most important of all, she explained that it was all right to say 'No. I disagree.' that was a gift. I understood it was power. The power to think my own thoughts. The power to believe in myself.

I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people say, "Can I be of help?".

I said, I'm going to stand up and somebody is going to pay attention to me.

It took me a long time to realize that to walk around without a certain amount of belief in myself, to walk onto a job with my tail between my legs, wasn't behooving anyone else.

I believe very strongly that in this world you have to have values and you have to stand up for your interests and if you don't do those things you're not going to get anywhere.

I'm going to stand up for what I need to do, not what everybody else wants me to do.

My mother taught me not to take any crap from anyone and to stand up for my rights. You might not believe this lesson came from a tiny Japanese woman, but it's true.

When I was younger, I used to just want to please everybody and not want to be an issue or not be considered a diva. I've just grown up and realized you have to look out for yourself and stick up for yourself, and there's nothing wrong with that.

You always have to stand up for yourself.

I am not ashamed to say I will speak up to defend myself.

When I speak and say I am the best in the world and have the capability to dominate everybody in my weight class, I really believe that.

You just have to be able to stand up for yourself. And that's OK.

I think it's really important for young audiences to see that you don't have to apologize for being angry when you're angry, and you don't have to apologize for standing up for yourself when people are pushing you around.

As an only child, you've got to stand up for yourself.

If a man has the assurance within his own heart that he is worthy, and that he is laboring to the best of his ability to do good, he can stand up under the condemnation, the criticism and the censure of those by whom he is surrounded.

Don't be afraid to speak up for yourself. Keep fighting for your dreams!

I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person.