Associations to the word «Assertive»

Wiktionary

ASSERTIVE, adjective. Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive

Dictionary definition

ASSERTIVE, adjective. Aggressively self-assured; "an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue"; "pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin