Quotes By Dave Pelzer

I'm always looking for a story of survival.

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

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.

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

I am a very shy, introverted guy.

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

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

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.

Everybody has a tragedy or two in their lives.

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

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

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.

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

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

My fans are buying the DNA of Dave.

I buy thousands of books a year.

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.

I plan my life in 15-minute sections.

Everybody makes mistakes.

Something good comes out of every crisis.

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.

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

'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.

I am not the most eloquent guy in the world.

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

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

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

My message has always been about resilience.

I had an attachment disorder.

My mom obviously had a problem.