Dave Pelzer Quotes

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.
Dave Pelzer

Moving On, Best, Yourself

You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset.
Dave Pelzer

Cancer, Victim, Mindset

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

Others, Lose, Process

'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.
Dave Pelzer

Child, Story, Kid

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.
Dave Pelzer

Yourself, Person, Done

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.
Dave Pelzer

Strong, Negative, Wrong

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.
Dave Pelzer

Child, Times, Meet

I still love my former wife, I won't call her my ex-wife.
Dave Pelzer

Love, Wife, Her

My message has always been about resilience.
Dave Pelzer

Message, Resilience

Something good comes out of every crisis.
Dave Pelzer

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

Joke, Voices, Lecture

Everybody has a tragedy or two in their lives.
Dave Pelzer

Two, Lives, Everybody

Everybody makes mistakes.
Dave Pelzer

Mistakes, Makes, Everybody

Everyone picked on me in school because I was in foster care.
Dave Pelzer

School, Care, Everyone

I am a very shy, introverted guy.
Dave Pelzer

I am not the most eloquent guy in the world.
Dave Pelzer

I became a war hero before going on to critical acclaim as a professional victim.
Dave Pelzer

War, Hero, Before

I buy thousands of books a year.
Dave Pelzer

Year, Books, Thousands

I couldn't lie to get myself fame and fortune.
Dave Pelzer

Lie, Fame, Fortune

I had an attachment disorder.
Dave Pelzer

Attachment, Disorder

I know I can be very standoffish.
Dave Pelzer

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

Learned, Arnold

I plan my life in 15-minute sections.
Dave Pelzer

Life, Plan, Sections

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.
Dave Pelzer

Age, Different, Else

I work 338 days a year, 16 hours a day.
Dave Pelzer

Work, Year, Days

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: December 29, 1960

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