Dave Pelzer Quotes

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

I plan my life in 15-minute sections.

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.

I know I can be very standoffish . . .

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

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

I had an attachment disorder.

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.

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

I am not the most eloquent guy in the world.

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

I was abused my family was the "brady bunch

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

I am a very shy, introverted guy.

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

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.

I buy thousands of books a year.

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

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

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

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

Everybody has a tragedy or two in their lives.

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

Something good comes out of every crisis.

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

One Child's courage to survive.

My fans are buying the DNA of Dave.

The most beautiful highway in the world

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

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

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.

Whatever you do, do something positive.

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

Inside, my soul became so cold I hated everything. I even despised the sun, for I knew I would never be able to play in its warm presence.

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