Bullying is a pervasive issue affecting people from all walks of life. By understanding its impact through poignant quotes, we can foster empathy, promote awareness, and inspire change. This collection dives into the emotional, psychological, and societal dimensions of bullying. Each set of quotes captures unique perspectives, helping us reflect, learn, and stand together against bullying.
Empowerment Quotes Against Bullying
"Sometimes the worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts." — Unknown
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view." — Harper Lee
"You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you." — Mary Tyler Moore
"The common mistake that bullies make is assuming that because someone is nice, it means they're weak. It's the complete opposite." — Unknown
"I would rather be a little nobody, than to be an evil somebody." — Abraham Lincoln
"The stone thrown at someone else often returns to you." — African Proverb
"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise." — Victor Hugo
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." — Eleanor Roosevelt
"Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and offer thanks for all the troubles we don't have." — Unknown
"All it takes is one voice at the right pitch to start an avalanche." — Dianna Hardy
"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." — Dalai Lama
"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship." — Louisa May Alcott
Reflection Quotes on Bullying
"We cannot despair of humanity since we ourselves are human beings." — Albert Einstein
"What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others." — Confucius
"I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university." — Albert Einstein
"Bullying is never fun, it's a cruel and terrible thing to do to someone." — Unknown
"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes." — Anonymous
"The only way to have a friend is to be one." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized, and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered." — Michael J. Fox
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." — Aristotle
"The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire." — Ferdinand Foch
"Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths." — Rumi
"Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again." — Richard Branson
"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." — Mother Teresa
Inspiration Through Celebrity Quotes on Bullying
"If you're horrible to me, I'm going to write a song about it." — Taylor Swift
"Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are." — Lady Gaga
"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." — Winston Churchill
"I realized that bullying never has to do with you. It's the bully who's insecure." — Shay Mitchell
"When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sandpaper. They may scratch and hurt you, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless." — Chris Colfer
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today." — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
"Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world." — Roy T. Bennett
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." — Robert Frost
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." — Dr. Seuss
"I realized that bullying never has to do with you. It's the bully who's insecure." — Demi Lovato
Famous Philosophical Quotes on Bullying
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." — Edmund Burke
"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing." — Aristotle
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." — Mahatma Gandhi
"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." — Mahatma Gandhi
"All things truly wicked start from innocence." — Ernest Hemingway
"It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake." — Frederick Douglass
"The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion." — Paulo Coelho
"He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God." — Aeschylus
"We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do." — Mother Teresa
"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars." — Khalil Gibran
"The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred." — Dalai Lama
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." — Voltaire
Children's Quotes on Bullying
"Be yourself because an original is worth more than a copy." — Unknown
"It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life." — Elizabeth Kenny
"Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth." — Mahatma Gandhi
"To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." — David Viscott
"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward." — Martin Luther King Jr.
"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." — E.E. Cummings
"The time is always right to do what is right." — Martin Luther King Jr.
"You are stronger than you think." — A.A. Milne
"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters." — Epictetus
"We rise by lifting others." — Robert Ingersoll
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." — Wayne Gretzky
"The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate." — Oprah Winfrey
Teen Quotes about Dealing with Bullying
"Being bullied means one doesn't have to be a victim; they can choose to be a survivor." — Unknown
"The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on." — Barack Obama
"Today's certificate of negativity can be your anecdote of prosperity tomorrow." — Notlim Thomas
"Do not give your past the power to define your future but be sure to learn the lessons it taught." — Chris Burkmenn
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." — Steve Jobs
"Your value doesn't decrease based on someone's inability to see your worth." — Unknown
"Believe you can and you're halfway there." — Theodore Roosevelt
"You only need one ray of light to chase all the shadows away." — Fredrick Humphries
"Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke." — Benjamin Disraeli
"Build yourself up to the form of compassion and change the bullies you've faced into peace." — Gabriel H. Daniels
"If you stumble, make it part of the dance."— Unknown
"Let your smile change the world but don’t let the world change your smile." — Connor Franta
Workplace Bullying Quotes
"People need to fear to do the wrong thing more than they fear punishing the person already being victimized." — Unknown
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." — Lao Tzu
"Treat people exactly the way you would like to be treated by them." — Madonna
"A mind is a terrible thing to waste." — Arthur Fletcher
"No one can make you feel insignificant without your consent." — Eleanor Roosevelt
"Be as you wish to seem." — Socrates
"Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems." — Gever Tulley
"Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." — A.A. Milne
"Rise above bullies and never let them prove they are potent." — Anonymous
"There will always be bullies and accusers, so there must always be dragonslayers willing to stand against them." — Julie Kagawa
"Life is ten percent what happens to us and ninety percent how we respond to it." — Charles R. Swindoll
"Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are." — Harold S. Kushner
Cyberbullying Quotes
"Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one." — Robert E. Lee
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today." — Abraham Lincoln
"Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them." — Norodom Sihanouk
"With typical arrogance, the cyber-bullies had grown used to getting away with everything." — Stephen Hunt
"While it may be hard to create a world free of online bullies, it’s within our power to create a world where kindness is more typical." — Unknown
"The problem with cyber-bullying is that the impact is as real as the blow of a fist." — Anna Maria Chávez
"The internet is a reflection of our society and that mirror is going to be reflecting what we see." — George Takei
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can also hurt me." — Unknown
"Only the strongest souls control harness and show fortitude when they are at their weakest moments." — Unknown
"The person who tries to bring someone down is already below them." — Unknown
"Hating people takes too much time, better to enjoy friends and life instead." — Unknown
"Not caring about what people think of you is the best choice you will ever make." — Unknown
Healing and Coping Quotes for Bullying Victims
"No one heals himself by wounding others." — St. Ambrose
"I learned the value of hard work by working hard." — Margaret Mead
"We rise by lifting others." — Robert Ingersoll
"The measure of a man is what he does with power." — Plato
"Every experience is not a conflict to be battled and won; some are just mere lessons." — Gabriel H. Daniels
"In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try." — David Viscott
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." — John Lennon
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." — Martin Luther King Jr.
"There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do." — Derek Jeter
"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle." — Napoleon Hill
"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how." — Friedrich Nietzsche
"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you." — Lewis B. Smedes
Winning Mindset Quotes to Overcome Bullying
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." — Maya Angelou
"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence." — Confucius
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." — Confucius
"The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow." — Aaron Lauritsen
"Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it." — Dennis P. Kimbro
"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." — Sam Levenson
"You have within you, right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you." — Brian Tracy
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." — Mahatma Gandhi
"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart." — Robert G. Ingersoll
"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." — Thomas Paine
"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle." — Christian D. Larson
"When written in Chinese the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity." — John F. Kennedy
Final words
Bullying is a complex challenge that manifests in various forms throughout different stages of life. It's important to address it with empathy, strength, and determination to create safer, more supportive environments for everyone. Standing against bullying involves collective effort and individual resilience. Through thoughtful reflection and continuous support, we can work to empower victims and educate aggressors. By sharing powerful messages and insights, we shed light on the impacts of bullying and inspire positive change across communities.
Explore our collection of over 100 powerful quotes on bullying designed to inspire, empower, and promote healing. Perfect for anyone seeking strength and understanding in the face of adversity.
