Rebel Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old rebel quotes, rebel sayings, and rebel proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Nights are rebellious, they only demand the truth. Mehek Bassi
True rebels after all, are as rare as true lovers,and in both cases, to mistake a fever for passion can destroy one's life. James A. Baldwin
If you really want to be a rebel get a job, cut your grass, read your bible, and shut up. Because no one is doing that. Mark Driscoll
Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe. John Andrew Holmes
We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators. Richard Dawkins
Everyone of us, no matter our innate personality or where we are in our career, can be a rebel. Francesca Gino
Breaking rules, as I discovered along the way, enriches every aspect of our lives. Living life like a rebel is energizing. Francesca Gino
Hope comes from understanding, and understanding comes from empathy; but teaching oppositional-defiant children, empathy does not come easily. Philip S. Hall
Educating children who have oppositional-defiant behaviors requires the highest level of emotional maturity. Philip S. Hall
Early, well-established patterns of aggression in children often become a lifelong disorder. Philip S. Hall
Some children are born with a temperament that makes them hard to parent, and their inherent temperament puts them at risk for developing noncompliant, oppositional, and aggressive behaviors. Philip S. Hall
Teenagers can become defiant for a number of reasons. It's worth exploring what may be going on if your child has made a sudden transformation and the behavior hasn't been going on for long. Russell A. Barkley
You cannot decide on an approach to your child's defiance until you first understand what is bringing it about. David Gottlieb
In some cases, the cause of a child's defiance is not the make-up of his personality or a situational change in his life, but instead the problem may lie in the structure of your family. David Gottlieb
It is important to look at what is going on in the relationships in the family, because any ongoing problems in the family can bring on defiance in children. David Gottlieb
Defiant children frequently express anger or resentment more often than other kids. They may resist taking responsibility for their own actions, instead pointing a finger at others or even trying to 'get even' for perceived offenses. Russell A. Barkley
Oppositional, defiant behavior can take a perplexing variety of forms, and parents define 'misbehavior' in many different ways, depending on how they expect children to behave and how well they tolerate any behavior that falls outside those limits. Russell A. Barkley
Defiant behavior may be their expression of stress caused by a parents. Russell A. Barkley
Some young children start off with oppositional defiant disorders, and then it worsens and develops into conduct disorder. When a child becomes conduct disordered at a young age, the symptoms can become quite serious by adolescence. Maria R. Burgio
To fully understand the behavior or oppositional children, we first have to understand how they think and how they see the world. Douglas Riley
Oppositional children live in a fantasy land in which they are able to defeat all authority figures. For some children and teenagers, a fantasy land in which they always defeat adults is a much more interesting place than reality. Douglas Riley
When a child or teenager is living in oppositional fantasy land, he may as well be living in another dimension. It seems like your messages, requests, and demands take light years to register. Douglas Riley
I believe that oppositional behavior must first be understood before it can attempt be controlled. Douglas Riley
Oppositional children fail to learn from experience and need to feel tough. Douglas Riley
Without a doubt, the single biggest source of frustration, stress, anxiety, confusion, resentment, and guilt for today's parents is their children's misbehavior. Dr. John Rosemond
No matter how good a parent you are, your child is still capable, on any given day, of doing something despicable, disgusting, and depraved. Dr. John Rosemond
If not pulled, weeds will eventually choke the good plants and take over. Like weeds, bad behavior is more powerful, more insistent, more aggressive, more tenacious, and more insidious, than good behavior. It has to go. Dr. John Rosemond
Think of some very disobedient children that you know. Do they seem like happy campers to you? No, they don't. They are tense, driven, uptight, angry, rebellious, and petulant. That does not describe someone who is happy. Dr. John Rosemond
Because it is a parent's job to maximize a child's happiness, it is also a parent's job to discipline the child properly so that the child becomes happily obedient. Dr. John Rosemond
We are the rebels, baby / Rebels are we / We want to be free / My baby and me / Nevertheless, rebels are we Edwards