Self-Advocacy Skills Quotes

Never be bullied into silence.

I speak up for myself. I claim my power now.

I've learned the importance of speaking up for myself and voicing my opinions and my ideas. I'm definitely a shy person.

The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.

And 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.

Sticking up for ourselves in the same way we would one of our friends is a hard but satisfying thing to do. Sometimes it works.

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

When we don't ask for what we want and need, we discount ourselves.

When we have throat problems, it usually means we do not feel we have the right to do these things. We feel inadequate to stand up for ourselves.

Many times I have asked Muslim women not to nurture the victim mentality. stand up for your rights

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?".

Your ability to stand up for your truth is a muscle, and the more you exercise it the stronger it gets.

It is the worst thing you can do, women, is whine, .. I mean the worst. Don't complain, protest.

You can't make people be or do what you want. All you can do is be unapologetic about what you want and let others show up however they can.

You almost have to step outside yourself and look at you as if you were someone else you really care about and really want to protect. Would you let someone take advantage of that person? Would you let someone use that person you really care about? Or would you speak up for them? If it was someone else you care about, you'd say something. I know you would. Okay, now put yourself back in that body. That person is you. Stand up and tell 'em, "Enough!

It was easy to blame other people for treating me in ways I didn't like, but now I was seeing that I was the one at fault. The only way you can be mistreated is by allowing yourself to be mistreated, and that was something I did over and over again. Somehow, I needed to find that glimmer of self-respect, buried deep inside, that would allow me to say: I am never going to let that happen to me again. I needed to learn how to stand up for myself in a different way, but I didn't know how.

Take assertiveness training, get paid what you're worth, join a consciousness raising-group.

Be your own advocate.