Quotes on Bullying

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

By the time a child reaches out to an adult, the vast majority of kids have been dealing with the bullying and trying to ignore it for a long time.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively impose domination over others. Help a friend.

You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

People everywhere brag and whimper about the woes of their early years, but nothing can compare with the Irish version: the poverty; the shiftless loquacious father; the pious defeated mother moaning by the fire; pompous priests; bullying school masters; the English and the terrible things they did to us for eight hundred long years. Above all -- we were wet.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.

We live in a world where most people still subscribe to the belief that shame is a good tool for keeping people in line. Not only is this wrong, but it’s dangerous. Shame is highly correlated with addiction, violence, aggression, depression, eating disorders, and bullying.

Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind, and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings.

Once you have a genuine sense of concern for others, there’s no room for cheating, bullying or exploitation.

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.

I have insecurities of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me.

By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed.

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.