Dave Pelzer Quotes

#1. The thing is, at the end of the day you still have to face yourself.

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#2. Hate is a cancer that spreads one cell at a time.

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#3. To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.

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#4. I plan my life in 15-minute sections.

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#5. If people have a basic understanding of right from wrong, possess a strong desire to better themselves and persist in there cause, they can break the chain of any negative environment.

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#6. Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it.

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#7. Mother can beat me all she wants, but I haven't let her take away my will to somehow survive.

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#8. If it doesn't do you any good, dump it. Take some action, push that lever, flush it away, and don't look back. Take small steps everyday of your life, and start taking control of what you say when you talk to yourself.

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#9. Everybody makes mistakes.

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#10. The first two ultimate rules of being a foster child that I had learned while at Aunt Mary's were never to become too attached to anyone and never to take someone's home for granted.

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#11. I am not the most eloquent guy in the world.

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#12. Whatever you do for the sole purpose of having others admire you, your efforts will most likely be in vain.

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#13. In life you are going to make mistakes, you're going to fall down, but it's the getting up that counts. Just like in baseball: you'll get a few hits, but most likely, you'll strike out more than you'll get on base. But don't quit. Find your focus, relax, take a deep breath and give it a good swing

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#14. Your going to be fine.I promise you."- with my finger I made an X sign on my chest-"cross my heart and hope to die,you have my word.You don't deserve to live like that,and we're going to turn things around.

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#15. Whatever you do, do something positive.

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#16. The most beautiful highway in the world

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#17. Children who had difficulty in learning basic skills were to be given special instruction to remedy those weak or unlearned skills.

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#18. I longed for the day when her soul would be taken into the depths of hell

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#19. One could come from less than humble beginnings, to become a winner from within.

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#20. When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose you self-worth in the process.

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#21. I made a promise to myself that if I came out of my situation alive, I had to make something of myself.

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#22. You have to understand that in a person's life there are a few precious moments in which decisions, choices that you make now, will affect you for the rest of your life.

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#23. Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul.

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#24. If it all ends now, I have lived, I have learned, and I have been loved. The greatest lesson is the gift of life, and no matter what, tomorrow is always another day.

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#25. That day I wished Mother would have mercy and kill me quickly. As

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#26. i will stay alive.

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#27. I became a war hero before going on to critical acclaim as a professional victim.

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#28. I was abused my family was the "brady bunch

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#29. This can't be happenning! Please help me! Please!

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#30. I buy thousands of books a year.

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#31. I learned from Arnold Schwarzenegger, too, that it's O.K. to be pluggish.

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#32. My mom obviously had a problem.

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#33. no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on to a brighter world.

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#34. Bent down in front of the vent and turned my head, coughing from the dark smoke. A small, red orange fire began to take form. In a flash I grabbed the can of lighter fluid

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#35. The Stovepipe is a memoir full of laughter and tears and a moving story of sisterly love as well as their will to survive.

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#36. ...and deliver me from evil." "Amen.

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#37. There are no guarantees in life, so learn from others' mistakes. Enjoy what you can, while you can. Don't let it consume you like . . . well, just let go and let life happen.

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#38. I had an attachment disorder.

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#39. David what your mother did to you was wrong. Verry wrong.No child deserves to be treated like that. She's sick.

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#40. You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset.

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#41. I wanted the bitch to know i didn't care anymore

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#42. What distresses me at times is that I meet a lot of people in their 40's, 50's, 60's, who still say they're a victim of child abuse.

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#43. Something good comes out of every crisis.

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#44. When we forgive, we free ourselves from the bitter ties that bind us to the one who hurt us.

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#45. And as she held me, I suddenly realized that my lifelong search for love and acceptance had finally ended in the arms of a foster parent.

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#46. Well, young man, the judge began, what it biols down to this if the court so desires and if you belive that your home setting is undesirable ... you may return and desire with your mother at your home residents

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#47. I told myself no matter what she did i would not let the b**** take me down

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#48. Everybody has a tragedy or two in their lives.

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#49. Love and honor thy Mother, for she is the fruit that gives thou life.

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#50. Gripping my arm, Mother held it in the orange-blue flame. My skin seemed to explode from the heat.

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#51. Everyone picked on me in school because I was in foster care.

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#52. I made sure I let go of my past, accepting the fact that that part of my life was only a small fraction of my life.

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#53. I'm always looking for a story of survival.

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#54. I still love my former wife, I won't call her my ex-wife.

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#55. You kick a dog long enough, that dog is going to bite you or die.

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#56. I believed that I was alone in my struggle and that my battle was one of survival. By

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#57. There's a lot of Dave mania when I speak.

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#58. your a nobody, an it

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#59. I know I can be very standoffish.

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#60. Draw Support From Those You Know And Trust.
Don't Leave Your Happiness To Fate.

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#61. I couldn't lie to get myself fame and fortune.

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#62. My fans are buying the DNA of Dave.

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#63. That day I vowed to myself that I would never, ever again give that bitch the satisfaction of hearing me beg her to stop beating me.

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#64. I work 338 days a year, 16 hours a day.

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#65. I really believe I'm no different from anyone else. I just had a few challenges I had to learn from at a very early age.

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#66. 'A Child Called It' was a story about resilience, it was never about boo hoo hoo, it was about a kid that didn't quit.

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#67. I just don't want to forget this first day of the rest of my life!

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#68. My message has always been about resilience.

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#69. One Child's courage to survive

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#70. Of all Mother's punishments, I hated the gas chamber game the most. Towards

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#71. Even in its darkest passages, the heart is unconquerable. It is important that the body survives, but it is more meaningful that the human spirit prevails.

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#72. It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on the a brighter world.

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#73. That day at school I prayed for the world to end.

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#74. When my time comes, I would like to know that I have repaid my debt to those who have made a difference in my life. And to be at peace knowing that I stopped the cancer from spreading to those I love.

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#75. Even when I lecture per se, I am a joke comedian, I can do the voices.

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#76. I believe that no matter how many mistakes we've made; how badly we've really, really screwed up; how old, worn out, or dejected we've become; as long as there is true, steadfast ambition, all of us have an opportunity for greatness.

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#77. Build on past successes, be grateful for what you do have, and know that this, too, shall pass. It's only for the now. Whatever we're facing, it's not forever.

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#78. The only way to keep your head above water is to convince yourself you are going to make it.

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#79. I am proud of who you were, David-that hurt person who refused to "die." And I'm more caring, giving, fixing person, the guy with the same sense of humor and that deft, sensitive touch. Good on you, David I love you.

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#80. I am a very shy, introverted guy.

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#81. Be good, be honest and fair, find something I believe in, work hard and keep the faith no matter how long it takes?

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