35 Quotes About Being Teased

Whether it is a chosen characteristic is something that you made a conscious decision on, there are always ways that others find a way to bully or tease people that are different. Here are some powerful quotes about being teased that capture the character and behavior of these individuals.

“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.”

“As an actress people always tease me like: if there’s anything you can do to make yourself unattractive you will do it.”

“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.”

“Bullying builds character like nuclear waste creates superheroes. It’s a rare occurrence and often does much more damage than endowment.”

“Each of us is a book waiting to be written, and that book, if written, results in a person explained.”

“I notice that most of the men who tease me about my hair, don’t have any.”

“I saw the world from the stars’ point of view, and it looked unbearably lonely.”

“I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks.”

“I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.”

“If they don’t like you for being yourself, be yourself even more.”

“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.”

“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.”

“It’s fun to tease people about where fiction and life intersect.”

“It’s good to fight with your brothers, and it’s good to tease them to give them advice.”

“Kids will tease you for just about anything.”

“Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.”

“Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.”

“Listen, you only tease the ones you love.”

“My friends tease me about the fact that if someone seems bad or shady or like they have a secret, I find them incredibly interesting.”

“My friends tease me because I don’t like clutter. I’m not someone who gets attached to things.”

“Never do a wrong thing to make a friend–or to keep one.”

“One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.”

“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 who love themselves, don’t hurt other people. The more we hate ourselves, the more we want others to suffer.”

“People who repeatedly attack your confidence and self-esteem are quite aware of your potential, even if you are not.”

“Personally, I just tease people a lot.”

“The still must tease with the promise of a story the viewer of it itches to be told.”

“They will hate you if you are beautiful. They will hate you if you are successful. They will hate you if you are right. They will hate you if you are popular. They will hate you when you get attention.”

“Things will get easier, people’s minds will change, and you should be alive to see it.”

“We have much to learn by studying nature and taking the time to tease out its secrets.”

“We’re not words, Henry, we’re people. Words are how others define us, but we can define ourselves any way we choose.”

“What if the kid you bullied at school, grew up, and turned out to be the only surgeon who could save your life?”

“You only get to walk variations of the same lines everyone has already drawn for you.”

“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.”

“You should never make fun of something that a person can’t change about themselves.”

There are many ways to encourage the stopping of teasing and bullying.