43 Quotes About Being Bullied

Bullying is a silent killer among children. From quiet suffering to physical abuse, bullying is something that we should all fight hard to stop. These quotes about being bullied captures the epidemic that this type of unacceptable behavior among kids is.

“A bully is playing a game, one that he or she enjoys and needs. You’re welcome to play this game if it makes you happy, but for most people, it will make you miserable.”

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

“Bullying is a horrible thing. It sticks with you forever. It poisons you. But only if you let it.”

“Bullying is a national epidemic.”

“Bullying is for people who have no confidence at all. So everyone being bullied, please remember they are scared of you. You have something they don’t, and that’s what makes them bully you.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Bullying is something every kid in public, parochial, or private school has witnessed by graduation. While unfortunate, it is part of growing up.”

“Children should always be brave and do something about bullying. It’s not okay to stand by and let it happen. Bullies thrive off secrecy. Children should tell someone if they see someone being bullied.”

“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.”

“Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.”

“Cyberbullying is Bullying. Hiding behind a pretty screen, doesn’t make it less hateful, written words have power.”

“Everyone in America likely has a bullying story, whether as the victim, bully or as a witness.”

“Fighting means you could lose. Bullying means you can’t. A bully wants to beat somebody; he doesn’t want to fight somebody.”

“For too long, our society has shrugged off bullying by labeling it a ‘rite of passage’ and by asking students to simply ‘get over it.’ Those attitudes need to change. Every day, students are bullied into silence and are afraid to speak up. Let’s break this silence and end school bullying.”

“Go empower yourself. You need confidence because the one thing that bullying does is it belittles you, and it takes away your confidence, and nobody deserves that.”

“I felt vulnerable and very much between friends. I remember walking down the hallway and thinking I had no way of knowing what was coming, literally. This wasn’t because I had some horrific bullying story, but because of a steady drip of negativity.”

“I realized that bullying never has to do with you. It’s the bully who’s insecure.”

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

“It’s important to stand up to all forms of bullying, and it’s even more important for those who are around you to be just as courageous and stand with you!”

“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.”

“My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.”

“Natural playgrounds may decrease bullying.”

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.”

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

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

“No one heals himself by wounding another.”

“Not all forms of abuse leave bruises.”

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

“People need to realize bullying has just as much of an impact online because words are so cutting and difficult to deal with.”

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

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

“Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You’ve got to be taught to hate.”

“The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be someone else.”

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

“Unless and until our society recognizes cyber bullying for what it is, the suffering of thousands of silent victims will continue.”

“We focus so much on our differences, and that is creating, I think, a lot of chaos and negativity and bullying in the world. And I think if everybody focused on what we all have in common – which is – we all want to be happy.”

“When all of us are acknowledged as the human equals that we really are, there will be no space left for bullying. It will no longer be wrong to choose one thing over another.”

“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.”

“With ignorance comes fear- from fear comes bigotry. Education is the key to acceptance.”

“You can’t be against bullying without actually doing something about it.”

“You never realize how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.”

“You will never reach higher ground if you are always pushing others down.”

You don’t have to just be a kid to be a victim of bullying. It happens in the workplace among adults too. We must all take a stand against this type of abusive behavior.