Quotes on Bullying

Those in powerless positions aren't about to complain about bullying bosses, abusive supervisors or corrupt co-workers. There is no safe way to do so and no process that promises redress.

It gets better. It seems hard, you know, I think being different is always gonna be a tough climb. There's always gonna be people that are scared of it. But at the end of the day you give those bullies, those people, that are so ignorant, if you give them the power to affect you, you're letting them win. And they don't deserve that. What you're doing by being yourself is you're keeping it real, and you're being really brave.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself.

I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I'd get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.

There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.

For too long, we've allowed ourselves to equate targeted bullying with innocent teasing, or dismissed it as pranks and ignored the torment and long-term impact that an incident like this has on young people.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

There is one regard in which bullies show real perception when compared with their victims; it is their silent good-natured pleasure of the moment.

I started off believing all men were equal. I now know that's the most unlikely thing ever to have been... But by observation, reading, watching, arguing, asking, that is the conclusion I've come to.

I’ve also been reminded recently that while as a society we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible.

You should be nicer to him,' a schoolmate had once said to me of some awfully ill-favored boy. 'He has no friends.' This, I realized with a pang of pity that I can still remember, was only true as long as everybody agreed to it.

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

Now, I've always known that there were bullies in the world. We've seen a lot of it in politics lately as well as in daily life. You see it where people who may be stronger, or bigger, or better with verbiage than other folks... show off. To me, that's what bullying is, showing off. It's saying, I'm better than you, I can take you down. Not just physically, but emotionally.

Far off, men swell, bully, and threaten; bring them hand to hand, and they are feeble folk.