Tina Turner Quotes

I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, manage to beat them at their own game. It was a fight to the bitter end, one in which I was not defending ideals or beliefs but simply my own self.

All I know is that it is important to stand up for ourselves, no matter how inconvenient the reality is.

I have learned that when you’re in the right you should fight the world.

You stand up to bullies. Don't shrink back. You fight back with all your strength, and the press is going to have to do it, politicians are going to have to do it, all of us are going to have to do it.

I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

I stand up to people.

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

I don't have a weapon in my hand, and I don't have a uniform on my body, but my uniform now is my scars and weapon is my words, so I'm still serving.

Learn to say no in situations where saying no can be difficult, where it could mean getting fired. Say no anyway, because it could lead you to greater opportunities.

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

It's a poor kind of man that won't fight for his own freedom.

Now they have started the aggression, and the extinction of our nation is imminent. If we just fold our arms and yield to them, I would have no face to see our ancestors after death. If we must perish, why not fight to the death?

In my house, you got in trouble if you didn't speak up. My mom would be furious at us if we went to school and behaved nicely if someone treated us badly. If we got in trouble because we had yelled at them or told them that they were wrong, my mother would be like, 'Good job.'

If you're in a situation where someone's mistreating you, I think it's your duty to speak out.

I don't believe in poking nose in other people's matters, but when it comes to matters related to me or something that affects me, I will not shy away for saying something I believe.

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.

I'm not a tough guy, but I'll throw down just like the rest of them if I have to.

You just have to be able to stand up for yourself. And that's OK.

The only thing I can do is continue to defend myself.

A bully is going to be a bully, and you have to stand up for yourself. You can't expect everyone else is going to come and run to your aid. You have to stand your ground; that's very important.

Sometimes you have to stand up for yourself.

If I can, in any way, give people the courage to say, 'Actually, no, the nonsense stops right here,' then I want to be a part of doing that. Especially if that means that our folks will be more free.

I intend to put up with nothing that I can put down.

A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything.

The way I grew up and the neighborhood I come from, when you know somebody's beating you and you still let it happen, then you're a victim. You're no longer a man when you know something is happening and you don't stand up. So that's just how we raised.