Peer Pressure Quotes

The enemy of individuality is groupthink.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

When you can't make up your mind about which shoe to choose, you post a photo to SnapChat and ask the fans.

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

It really is true that you become an average of the people you spend the most time with.

Most men's conscience, habits, and opinions are borrowed from convention and gather continually comforting assurances from the same social consensus that originally suggested them.

Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.

The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.

There is nothing that makes more cowards and feeble men than public opinion.

The fastest way to become rich is to socialize with the poor; the fastest way to become poor is to socialize with the rich.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

He that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.

But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker.

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.

Our kids go to school and they come out feeling not intelligent, not desirable, not attractive or appealing to others.

I drink to make other people interesting.

Too many guys are over here begging for people and trying to chase people to fight, this and that, begging for money fights. You become your own damn money fight.

Moving to a new school, or up a year at an existing school - with new friends, teachers, subjects, rules and expectation - is a big deal for young people. All of us who are adults remember how daunting it was, but we sometimes take it for granted that children will be able to cope with the change.

Kids are really cruel.

We know that we are often judged by the company we keep. We know how influential classmates, friends, and other peer groups can be. If any of our companions are prone to be unrighteous in their living, we are better off seeking new associations immediately.

In camp when I was eight - a bunch of kids threw me outside naked. I got 'em back!

When the people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.

You become like the people you spend the most time with.

When I'm with my friends' teenage children, I always say, 'Are your friends having sex yet?'

I made a lot of money, but you can dangerously let it lead you on. It depends what company you keep.