Dbt's Quotes

#1. Faith, indeed, is all the reform that is needed; it is itself a reform.

Henry David Thoreau

#2. Responding to a suicide attempt by insisting that it must stop, and devoting the full resources of therapy to preventing it, is a communication with compassion and care at its very core.

Marsha M. Linehan

#3. I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.

Nancy Gibbs

#4. The great thing about treating borderline patients is that it is like having a supervisor always in the room.

Marsha M. Linehan

#5. People forget that unauthorized does not mean untrue and authorized does not mean authentic.

Kitty Kelley

#6. A patient's passivity must not be unilaterally interpreted as lack of motivation, resistance, lack of confidence, or the like. Many times, passivity is a function of inadequate knowledge and/or skills.

Marsha M. Linehan

#7. It's important to keep in mind that most people have no idea how to respond effectively to someone who self-harms.

Kim L. Gratz

#8. Happy is what I feel; Joy is what I experience.

Todd Stocker

#9. Let go of the thoughts that don't make you strong.

Anonymous

#10. I was the world in which I walked.

Wallace Stevens

#11. I don't think I should accept other people's suffering because I suffered. Just the opposite, because I suffered I don't want others to suffer.

Elie Wiesel

#12. All the skills from DBT glom together, a mass of acronyms without any meaning. I pull out the DBT books and paw through the pages. Something has to help. Then I find these words: 'The lives of suicidal, borderline individuals are unbearable as they currently being lived.

Kiera Van Gelder

#13. We have found that it is easier for men to die together on the field of battle than it is for them to live together at home in peace.

Harry S. Truman

#14. I loved the travel but I didn't love the work. I mean, come on, modelling is only so stimulating!

Brooklyn Decker

#15. We want to be clear: The skills we [teach] you for managing your emotions and controlling your urges to self-harm will never be quite as effective or satisfying as self-harm in the short run.

Kim L. Gratz

#16. Quit it," Kitty warns. "We're not getting a cat. Cats are blah. They're also very manipulative

Jenny Han

#17. Her fingertips tentatively curled around the hair at the back of his neck, and she found that she was shaking, sure he would push her away at any moment. But he didn't. He did not pull away. Did not grimace.

Marissa Meyer

#18. Compassion is a fundamental principle of meditation. Meditation is not a narcissistic, self-interested path. It provides the foundation for love, integrity, compassion, respect and sensitivity (Feldman, 1998, p.2).

Christina Feldman

#19. Emotions are not good, bad, right, or wrong. The first step to changing our relationship to feelings is to be curious about them and the messages they send to us.

Lane Pederson

#20. I believe that the American audience is not so dumb that they wouldn't be interested in a black story.

Euzhan Palcy

#21. Something like fear chilled me as I sat there in the small hours alone-I say alone, for one who sits by a sleeper is indeed alone; perhaps more alone than he can realise.

H.P. Lovecraft

#22. May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.

Immanuel Kant

#23. This might surprise you, but one of the best ways to manage your emotions is simply to experience that emotion and let it run its course.

Kim L. Gratz

#24. I always tend to write about outsiders. And what's been fun for me is, as I travel around and visit schools, is that other kids that feel the same way relate to some of my characters, and so I hope in some way that's helping them when they want to read about somebody that they can relate to.

Kimberly Willis Holt