100 Inspirational Quotes about Bullying and Anti-Bullying Sayings
Famous Quotes about Bullying
“Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.” —Benjamin Disraeli
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” —George Bernard Shaw
“He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.” —Lao Tzu
“If there are no heros to save you, then you be the hero.” —Denpa Kyoshi
“You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.” —Leonardo da Vinci
“You will never reach higher ground if you are always pushing others down.” —Jeffrey Benjamin
“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” —William James
“With ignorance comes fear – from fear comes bigotry. Education is the key to acceptance.” —Kathleen Patel
“The bullying was hideous and relentless, and we turned it round by making ourselves celebrities.” —Julian Clary
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” —Judy Garland
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” —Winston Churchill
“Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.” —Andrew Vachss
“It is our choices … that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” —J.K Rowling
“He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.” —Louisa May Alcott
“When you hold people up for ridicule, you have to take responsibility when other people act on it.” —Jay Asher
“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“Bullying builds character like nuclear waste creates superheroes. It’s a rare occurrence and often does much more damage than endowment.” —Zack W. Van
“People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.” —George Carlin
“Bullying consists of the least competent most aggressive employee projecting their incompetence on to the least aggressive most competent employee and winning.” —Tim Field
“What if the kid you bullied at school, grew up, and turned out to be the only surgeon who could save your life?.” —Lynette Mather
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.” —Tim Fields
“A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That’s where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It’s having backbone.” —Robert Kiyosaki
“Often the right path is the one that may be hardest for you to follow. But the hard path is also the one that will make you grow as a human being.” —Karen Mueller Coombs
“When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.” —Chris Colfer
“Liston is like most big bullies, if you can stay away and make him miss for a few rounds he’ll get frustrated. Once you strip away that feeling of invincibility, he can be had.” —Rocky Marciano
“By the time I came out, that kind of stopped it. The bullying stopped when I claimed myself and proved that I wasn’t afraid. A lot of it was when I was hiding when I was younger.” —Randy Harrison
“The common mistake that bullies make is assuming that because someone is nice that he or she is weak. Those traits have nothing to do with each other. In fact, it takes considerable strength and character to be a good person.” —Mary Elizabeth Williams
“I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: ‘The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that’s fair.’ In these words he epitomized the history of the human race.” —Bertrand Russell
“All I wanted to do was go back inside to the library and read a book. I used to spend all my time reading books, or watching television. It was safe. Nobody ever was hurt or teased or looked stupid while reading books or watching television.” —Kathryn Magendie
Quotes about Cyberbullying
“Not all forms of abuse leave bruises.”
“If you’re insulting people on the Internet, you must be ugly on the inside.”
“Cyber bullying is bullying. Hiding behind a pretty screen doesn’t make it any less hateful.”
“Unless and until our society recognizes cyber bullying for what it is, the suffering of thousands of silent victims will continue.”
“Cyber bullies can hide behind a mask of anonymity online and do not need direct physical access to their victims to do unimaginable harm.”
Cyberbullying is Bullying. Hiding behind a pretty screen, doesn’t make it less hateful, written words have power.”
Inspirational Quotes for the Victims of Bullying
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” —Judy Garland
“Go ahead, bully me; but in 30 years, the only thing people will remember is that I am your boss.”
“Often the right path is the one that may be hardest for you to follow. But the hard path is also the one that will make you grow as a human being.”
“When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.” —Chris Colfer
“I got made fun of constantly in high school. That’s what built my character. That’s what makes you who you are. When you get made fun of, when people point out your weakness, that’s just another opportunity for you to rise above.” —Zac Efron
“[One who picks on you because he’s bigger than you] is like most big bullies: if you can stay away and make him miss for a few rounds he’ll get frustrated. Once you strip away that feeling of invincibility, he can be had.” —Rocky Marciano
Inspirational Quotes about Bystanders in Bullying
“No one heals himself by wounding another.”
“Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.”
“It is our choices…that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who look on and do nothing.”
“The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.”
“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.” —Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Bystanders who do nothing give bullies permission inadvertently to go one being bullies. Most are afraid they’ll lose friends or be bullied themselves if they help victims or report bullies, and some feel guilty for years afterward.”
“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.”
“School administrators can’t say it’s up to the parents. Parents can’t say it’s up to the teachers. Teachers can’t say it’s not their job. And kids can’t say, “I was too afraid to tell.” Every single one of us has to play our role if we’re serious about putting an end to the madness. We are all responsible. We must be.” —Megan Kelley Hall
Quotes about Why You Shouldn’t Bully
“I would rather be a little nobody than to be an evil somebody.”
“You will never reach higher ground if you are always pushing others down.”
“Never do a wrong thing to make a friend – or keep one.”
“My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.”
“Bullying builds character like nuclear waste creates superheroes. It’s a rare occurrence and often does much more damage than endowment.”
“What if the kid you bullied at school, grew up, and turned out to be the only surgeon who could save your life?”
“People try to say suicide is the most cowardly act a man could ever commit. I don’t think that’s true at all. What’s cowardly is treating a man so badly that he wants to commit suicide.”
“People say sticks and stones may break your bones, but names can never hurt you, but that’s not true. Words can hurt. They hurt me. Things were said to me that I still haven’t forgotten.” —Demi Lovato
Philosophical Quotes about Bullying
“Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.”
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
“He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.”
“With ignorance comes fear – from fear comes bigotry. Education is the key to acceptance.”
“Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.”
“When you hold people up for ridicule, you have to take responsibility when other people act on it.”
“People who repeatedly attack your confidence and self-esteem are quite aware of your potential, even if you are not.”
“People who love themselves, don’t hurt other people. The more we hate ourselves, the more we want others to suffer.”
“People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.”
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” —Maya Angelou
“If bullies actually believe that somebody loves them and believes in them, they will love themselves, they will become better people, and many will then become saviors to the bullied.”
“The coconut is a symbol of resilience. Even in the conditions where there’s very little nourishment and even less nurturance, it flourishes, growing taller than most of the plants around it. (Be a coconut).”
“A young outcast will often feel there is something wrong with himself, but as he gets older, grows more confident in who he is, he will adapt, he will begin to feel that there is something wrong with everyone else.”
“The common mistake that bullies make is assuming that because someone is nice that he or she is weak. Those traits have nothing to do with each other. In fact, it takes considerable strength and character to be a good person.”
“I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: ‘The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that’s fair.’ In these words he epitomized the history of the human race.”
Quotes about Bullying: Stand Up for Yourself
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
“If there are no heroes to save you, then you be the hero.”
“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create that fact.”
“If they don’t like you for being yourself, be yourself even more.” —Taylor Swift
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.”
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something sometime in your life.”
“Bullying is a horrible thing. It sticks with you forever. It poisons you. But only if you let it.”
“Remember always that you not only have the right be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.”
“One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.”
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.”
“The bullying stopped when I claimed myself and proved that I wasn’t afraid. A lot of it was when I was hiding when I was younger.”
“A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That’s where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It’s having backbone.”
“My self-worth is not linked to your cruel words and action. My self-esteem is not affected by your deliberate attempts to destroy my character. You have no power over me. You will not silence me.”
Anti-Bullying Quotes for Students
“Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” —Plato
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” —Plato
“Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.” —Theodore Roosevelt
“One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.” —John F. Kennedy
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise again.” —Victor Hugo
“I would rather be a little nobody, than to be a evil somebody.” —Abraham Lincoln
“Strong people stand up from themselves. But the strongest people stand up for others.” —Unknown
“You will never reach higher ground if you are always pushing others down.” —Jeffrey Benjamin
“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” —John Holmes
“It is our choices…that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” —J. K. Rowling
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” —Judy Garland
“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.” —Albus Dumbledore
“Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.” —Mr. Rogers
“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” —Marcus Aurelius
“Wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it. Right is right even if no one is doing it.” —St. Augustine
“Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.” —Barack Obama
“Don’t you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who you are.” —Lady Gaga
“No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true.” —Cinderella
“The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.” —Ralph W. Sockman
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.” —Mary Anne Radmacher
“True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.” —Lord Shaftesbury
“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.” —Neil deGrasse Tyson
Quotes and Sayings about Anti-Bullying
“God dances with the outcast.” —Steven James
“Stop Bullying. No one deserves to feel worthless.” —Rebecca Black
“Bullying exists because of a lack of adult intervention.” —Stuart Green
“Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.” —Theodore Roosevelt
“I would rather be a little nobody, then to be an evil somebody.” —Abraham Lincoln
“If people are trying to bring you down, it only means you are above them.” —Unknown
“Bullying is cruel so don’t act like a fool. Meanness is a sign of weakness.” —Unknown
“They’re not bullying you because of you,they’re bullying you because of how they are.” —Jessie J
“A bully hides his fears with fake bravado. That is the opposite of self-assertiveness.” —Nathaniel Branden
“If you’re insulting people on the internet, you must be ugly on the inside.” —Phil Lester
“Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” —Paulo Coelho
“Words have great power that could make or break others…so please be care with them.” —Timothy Pina
“I realized that bullying never has to do with you. It’s the bully who’s insecure.” —Shay Mitchell
“Don’t ever let anyone bring you down, define who you are or destroy your AWESOMENESS.” —Tanya Masse
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” —Winston Churchill
“Isn’t it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?” —Sean Covey
“All it takes is one good friend and school is a good place to be.” —Judy H. Wright
“Aggressive, scowling and critical attitude in our relations, with our friends or subordinates, is another form of bullying.”
“Faith and determination spares us from five evils: bullies, teasers, haters, mean-spirited people, and false friends.” —Ty Howard
“A BULLY is someone who believes in Behaving Ugly, Looking Lame, Yelling Ignorance, and Needing Game.” —Ty Howard
“Things will get easier, people’s minds will change, and you should be alive to see it.” —Ellen DeGeneres
“Freedom of Speech doesn’t justify online bullying. Words have power, be careful how you use them.” —Germany Kent
“Sticks and stones will break your bones if you ever try to cut me with your words.” —Taylor Parsons
“Bullying is not gonna stop, but we can at least be confident enough to stand up to it.” —Greyson Chance
“Bullying is a horrible thing. It sticks with you forever. It poisons you. But only if you let it.” —Heather Brewer
“Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.” —Anna Julia Cooper
“Bullying doesn’t solve anything. Love does. Learning what love is will be the first step in turning all of this around.” —Unknown
“People who love themselves, don’t hurt other people. The more we hate ourselves, the more we want others to suffer.” —Dan Pearce
“People who repeatedly attack your confidence and self-esteem are quite aware of your potential, even if you are not.” —Wayne Gerard Trotman
“Insecure people only eclipse your sun because they’re jealous of your daylight and tired of their dark, starless nights.” —Shannon L. Alder
“Fighting means you could lose. Bullying means you can’t. A bully wants to beat somebody; he doesn’t want to fight somebody.” —Andrew Vachss
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” —Harvey Fierstein
“Don’t ever judge someone before you get to know them. You don’t know their life story until they tell it to you.” —Sarah Moores
“If you let a bully intimidate you, he’s going to do it again. You’ve got to stand up to these strong-arm tactics.” —Charles Djou
“What if the kid you bullied at school, grew up, and turned out to be the only surgeon who could save your life?” —Lynette Mather
“If you’re horrible to me, I’m going to write a song about it, and you won’t like it. That’s how I operate.” —Taylor Swift
“Children should be able to live a life free from bullying and harassment and it is time that we all took a stand against this.”
“What if the kid you bullied at school, grew up, and turned out to be the only surgeon who could save your life?” —Lynette Mather
“If you can’t, continue to be nice to them. Eventually, they may start being nice. A bully wants to have friends, too.” —Cara Van Ness
“Words have power, and sometimes, they stay with you for life. It’s up to you to allow those words to define who you become.” —Daniele Lanzarotta
“The whole bullying issue has really struck a nerve with me. It affects so many different types of people at a vital time in their lives.” —Kenny Wormald
“The Practical joker can be a funny guy, until he finds someone who doesn’t find him funny. Then the bully within him has identified a potential victim.” —Barrisdoff
“Bullying needs to stop. When will people learn that it’s not okay to be mean to someone just because you don’t like how they were born.” —Sonya Parker
“Be yourself. Don’t worry about what other people are thinking of you because they’re probably feeling the same kind of scared, horrible feelings that everyone does.” —Phil Lester
“Bullies like him were only strong while assured of victory; when faced with anyone more powerful, they turned into fawning sycophants, desperate to prove themselves.” —Jordan L. Hawk
“The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.” —Bertolt Brecht
“It took strength to be quiet. It took strength to be kind. It took strength to let other people’s cruelty bounce right off of you.” —April Genevieve Tucholke
“Bullying does much more damage than you’ll ever know. When you have thoughts of bullying or doing or saying anything mean to anyone—don’t do it, just let it go.”
“Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.” —Anna Godbersen
“Bullies don’t like to fight, son. They like to win. Being afraid is normal. The only fight you really have to win is the one against the fear.” —Kwame Alexander
“We explain when someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you do not stoop to their level. Our motto is when they go low, you go high.” —Michelle Obama
“Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness.” —Honoré de Balzac
“If bullies actually believe that somebody loves them and believes in them, they will love themselves, they will become better people, and many will even become saviors to the bullied.” —Dan Pearce
“Bullying is never fun, it’s a cruel and terrible thing to do to someone. If you are being bullied, it is not your fault. No one deserves to be bullied, ever.” —Raini Rodriguez
“Bullying is the manifestation of an infantile and primitive need to become the leader of the pack. The modern day bully believes he is a human being, but he is an animal.” —Bona
“Getting bullied in school taught me how to be strong, getting judged taught me to be better, failure taught me to be resilient and being made fun of taught me humility.” —Mehak Bhalla
“What a desperate, pathetic fool I was. Time after time, my ‘friends’ had shown me their true colors. Yet, I still wanted to believe they were sorry for causing me pain.” —Jodee Blanco
“When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sandpaper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.” —Chris Colfer
“I strongly believe that love is the answer and that it can mend even the deepest unseen wounds. Love can heal, love can console, love can strengthen, and yes, love can make change.” —Somaly Mam
“But the coconut is also a symbol of resilience, Samar. Even in the conditions where there’s very little nourishment and even less nurturance, it flourishes, growing taller than most of the plants around it.” —Neesha Meminger
“Apologies often cannot undo pain; but they can acknowledge it. And part of the cruelty of bullying is that the bruises it leaves are on the inside—it’s a hidden form of violence, shrouded by shame.” —Mathew N. Schmalz
“People try to say suicide is the most cowardly act a man could ever commit. I don’t think that’s true at all. What’s cowardly is treating a man so badly that he wants to commit suicide.” —Tommy Tran
“How would your life be different if… You walked away from gossip and verbal defamation? Let today be the day… You speak only the good you know of other people and encourage others to do the same.” —Steve Maraboli
“You always have to remember that bullies want to bring you down because you have something that they admire. Also, when you get made fun of-when people point out your weaknesses, it’s an opportunity for you to rise above.” —Zac Efron
“Bullying is killing our kids. Being different is killing our kids and the kids who are bullying are dying inside. We have to save our kids whether they are bullied or they are bullying. They are all in pain.” —Cat Cora
“Be kind to yourself. Remember that when you abuse yourself, you will experience the anger, regret, and apathy of the bully as well as the depression, anxiety, and insecurity of the victim. Whatever you do, be kind to yourself.” —Vironika Tugaleva
“I mulled over the implications and decided not to waste my time worrying about what everyone else thought, or to bother attempting to change their perceptions. My time at the Keep was just a stopover. Let them wonder.” —Maria V. Snyder
“A young outcast will often feel that there is something wrong with himself, but as he gets older, grows more confident in who he is, he will adapt, he will begin to feel that there is something wrong with everyone else.” —Criss Jami
“I have thick skin, I think the fact that I was severely bullied in my childhood helped me build strength and believe in my artistic vision. I deal with rejection very well. I have a lifelong vision and an unbreakable spirit.” —Nuno Roque
“The common mistake that bullies make is assuming that because someone is nice that he or she is weak. Those traits have nothing to do with each other. In fact, it takes considerable strength and character to be a good person.” —Mary Elizabeth William
“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.” —Desmond Tutu
“Some people won’t be happy until they’ve pushed you to the ground. What you have to do is have the courage to stand your ground and not give them the time of day. Hold on to your power and never give it away.” —Donna Schoenrock
“[…] you don’t have to wait for someone to treat you bad repeatedly. All it takes is once, and if they get away with it that once, if they know they can treat you like that, then it sets the pattern for the future.” —Jane Green
“In order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting. If secrecy fails, the perpetrator attacks the credibility of his victim. If he cannot silence her absolutely, he tries to make sure no one listens.” —Judith Lewis Herman
“Of all individuals, the hated, the shunned, and the peculiar are arguably most themselves. They wear no masks whatsoever in order to be accepted and liked; they do seem most guarded, but only by their own hands: as compared to the populace, they are naked.” —Criss Jami
“Remember this: They hate you because you represent something they feel they don’t have. It really isn’t about you. It is about the hatred they have for themselves. So smile today because there is something you are doing right that has a lot of people thinking about you.” —Shannon L. Alder
“There’s a kind of radar that you get, after years of being talked about and made fun of by other people. You can almost smell it when it’s about to happen, can recognize instantly the sound of a hushed voice, lowered just enough to make whatever is said okay.” —Sarah Dessen
“She had been bullied and tormented by Leena for a long time and she wasn’t going to take it anymore. She was tired of being pushed around. She wanted to be strong for herself and be the type of person who her daughter would’ve wanted to have as a mother.” —Valenciya Lyons
“Most bullies are the product of a stressful and often abusive home life. Next time a bully threatens or attacks you, just yell, ‘Don’t abuse me like your parents abuse you!’ Then call children’s services and tell them you saw this bully crying in the bathroom and you’re worried about him. Bam! He just got moved to a foster home.” —Eugene Mirman
“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.” —Whoopi Goldberg
“Don’t turn your face away. Once you’ve seen, you can no longer act like you don’t know. Open your eyes to the truth. It’s all around you. Don’t deny what the eyes to your soul have revealed to you. Now that you know, you cannot feign ignorance. Now that you’re aware of the problem, you cannot pretend you don’t care. To be concerned is to be human. To act is to care.” —Vashti Quiroz-Vega