Jordan Peterson Quotes

You cannot let people come up in your face and stop you.

Sometimes you have to stand up for yourself.

Photographers and people do try to take advantage of you. You just have to stand your ground and prove you're not an easy target.

I've never let people push me around in politics.

Nobody walks over me, ever, and no-one will walk over me, ever.

A little sturdiness when superiors are much in the wrong sometimes occasions consideration. And there is truth in the old saying that if you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you.

I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. I mean, some people do live in fear. You can't live in fear. That's no way to live your life.

If you fight back and get hit, it hurts a little while; if you don't fight back it hurts forever.

I had to learn not to let anyone push me around, to be brave and to say things I knew might make people mad.

I've always fought for what I believe in. I used to get made fun of for dancing, and I would argue back, or fight the kids, or do whatever I had to do to shut them up. I have that in me.

I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that.

That was Dad. Don't take any dirt from anybody.

I am not ashamed to say I will speak up to defend myself.

I was one of those people at one point who was scared to put my foot down and show where the boundaries were. For me, it's really important to stand your ground and know exactly what you are, where you wanna be, and what you're doing, or else people are gonna try you.

I always take pride in the fact that nobody can mess with me, and I never let anybody mess with me my entire life.

Dealing with bullies when I was in sixth and seventh grade has made me a better football player, believe it or not. You have to come to a point when you're like, 'I've had enough, and I'm not going to be kicked around and pushed around anymore.'

I am nice, yeah. I'm cool. But I'm no push-over. And if someone gets one over on me, they've done it when my eyes were closed, and it doesn't happen twice.

You can't always be the jokester and the doormat.

I stand up to people.

You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. That's no way to live your life.

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.

As women, we need to remember: don't be a doormat!

I don't apologize to people who try to intimidate.

I'm damn successful but I got here by not taking crap. I still don't take crap, so if anybody needs a champion, let it be me.