Overcoming Childhood Trauma Quotes & Sayings

My first grade nun had instructed me that from those to whom much is given, much is expected. I was learning that this lesson had to be combined with Shakespeare's wisdom that one must 'to thine own self be true.' Add to this humility, empathy, a sense of curiosity, courage, and plain old hard work, and I was finally seeing the real path to leadership. Of course, humor is always a plus. (158) — Jacqueline Novogratz

You're the most immoral man living - you think of nothing but justice! — Ayn Rand

It really kind of sucked to be close to someone for so long and then suddenly not be anything anymore. — Cecily Von Ziegesar

Poor Elinor! Willoughby on one side, Brandon on the other. She is quite entre deux feux. Prudie had a bit of lipstick on her teeth, or else it was wine. Jocelyn wanted to lean across and wipe it off with a napkin, the way she did when Sahara needed tidying. But she restrained herself; Prudie didn't belong to her. The fire sculpted Prudie's face, left the hollows of her cheeks hollow, brightened her deep-set eyes. She wasn't pretty like Allegra, but she was attractive in an interesting way. She drew your eye. She would probably age well, like Angelica Houston. If only she would stop speaking French. Or go to France, where it would be less noticeable. — Karen Joy Fowler

And you can't hide in a comedy scene either. You have to give in to the scene and commit. — Jennifer Garner

...there has to be darkness if there is to be light. — V.C. Andrews

There are times when explanations, no matter how reasonable, just don't seem to help. — Fred Rogers

Not to be occupied with thy sin, but to be occupied with God, brings deliverance from self. IX. Humility — Andrew Murray

Tanks come in two forms: the dangerous, deadly kind and the 'liberating' kind. — Robert Fisk

From MARS Volume 3 by Fuyumi Soryo:
Kira: Why do you go through all that just to race? I guess asking that is the same thing as asking why I draw ... .probably because I'm alive ... .that's all there is to it. I sense colors in you. They're strong and beautiful ... .and sad. I wondered what your colors were for a long time. They're the colors of the sunset ... the blazing shades of a sunset that burn just before the darkness sets in. You said it was nothing, but there's no one as alive as you. — Fuyumi Soryo

If you do nothing, you will see nothing. — Victoria Praise Abraham

I would rather have 10 people working on a record that are really committed and believe in it and love it, than 50 people who have no idea who I am or what I'm for. — DJ Shadow

If I notice a cute girl at the meet-and-greet, I might go and talk to her. — Justin Bieber

I feel the same way about all my friends. To me, the exact relationship between me and someone else doesn't matter much.But people want to label everything ... so I guess I seem indifferent in that way.
Yasu — Ai Yazawa

There's no such thing as intelligent vanity. It's an instinct. And you'll never find a man who is not first and foremost vain. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine