Joel Siegel Quotes

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.

One day, I got beat up, and my glasses, which were crooked already, got shattered on the ground. That's when I said, 'Okay, enough.' I became like Batman. I decided to thug myself out, all the way.

Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight.

You know, you can only get beat up so much. And then you turn it around, and you're like, OK, we're not taking this anymore.

I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

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.

Better be killed than frightened to death.

I was bullied by a few people who were much older than me. I went to camp to learn boxing. I was 12, and my coach was 24. I felt like if I could fight him, I could stand up to anyone.

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

There are more and more of us women out there who won't be pushed around and will give back a lot more than was bargained for. You have to mean it, though.

When I was younger, I was always that person that loved to get stuck in. When my mum and grandma used to come and watch me, I used to make sure that I wouldn't let anybody push me around and not let anybody bully me.

If you don't fight you don't give yourself a chance.

Sometimes you have to stand up for yourself.

If you don't stand your ground, then all that happens is people push you backwards.

I'm blowin' all the bullies away.

I allowed myself to be bullied because I was scared and didn't know how to defend myself. I was bullied until I prevented a new student from being bullied. By standing up for him, I learned to stand up for myself.

If you want to be a real human being - a real woman, a real man - you cannot tolerate things which put you to indignation, to outrage. You must stand up. I always say to people, 'Look around; look at what makes you unhappy, what makes you furious, and then engage yourself in some action.'

My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.

The first and great commandment is, don't let them scare you.

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.

If something scares me, then I have to do it.

My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you.

Bullies want to abuse you. Instead of allowing that, you can use them as your personal motivators. Power up and let the bully eat your dust.

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.