Missy Elliott Quotes

I had to learn not to let anyone push me around, to be brave and to say things I knew might make people mad.

I'm a strong woman.

Photographers and people do try to take advantage of you. You just have to stand your ground and prove you're not an easy target.

You really have to have a voice, especially as a female. You've got to be strong-minded and really focus on what your goal is - you can't be all over the place.

I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple.

I'm damn successful but I got here by not taking crap. I still don't take crap, so if anybody needs a champion, let it be me.

I'm a very strong woman.

Be brave and be fearless, and for God's sake, stand up for yourself.

It was just bred in me that I would not back down to guys who were bigger than me.

When I was younger, I was always that person that loved to get stuck in. When my mum and grandma used to come and watch me, I used to make sure that I wouldn't let anybody push me around and not let anybody bully me.

I'm not a pushover.

It doesn't matter how tall you are. You have to carve out space and hold your ground.

Our mom was a super strident, capable, and strong individual. I think because she was a military wife in the Marine Corps, she had to push back the things that she believed, and she had to really scrape and fight to have her space.

But like Elle Woods, I do not like to be underestimated.

A #GIRLBOSS knows when to throw punches and when to roll with them.

Never take no from somebody who cannot say yes.

I'm such a strong-headed person and so stubborn, I don't need someone to be sweet to me.

Let's be clear, I'm a strong woman.

You cannot let people come up in your face and stop you.

There are so many people who will try and make you feel like your opinion doesn't matter, and I've learned how important it is to use your voice.

You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. I mean, some people do live in fear. You can't live in fear. That's no way to live your life.

If I have to be fierce, I'll be fierce.

As women, we need to remember: don't be a doormat!

I'm a big boy, and I'm a tough guy.

I think women have a hard time not apologizing their way into negotiations. We tend to back in to these conversations in a self-deprecating and ultimately self-defeating way.