You kick a dog long enough, that dog is going to bite you or die.
Dave Pelzer
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.
You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset.
'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.
Something good comes out of every crisis.
When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose you self-worth in the process.
I still love my former wife, I won't call her my ex-wife.
I couldn't lie to get myself fame and fortune.
Whatever you do for the sole purpose of having others admire you, your efforts will most likely be in vain.
I plan my life in 15-minute sections.
Everybody has a tragedy or two in their lives.
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 became a war hero before going on to critical acclaim as a professional victim.
I had an attachment disorder.
I work 338 days a year, 16 hours a day.
I'm always looking for a story of survival.
I am a very shy, introverted guy.
Everybody makes mistakes.
If people have a basic understanding of right from wrong, possess a strong desire to better themselves and persist in their cause, they can break the chain of any negative environment.
I am not the most eloquent guy in the world.
Even when I lecture per se, I am a joke comedian, I can do the voices.
The thing is, at the end of the day you still have to face yourself.
My fans are buying the DNA of Dave.
I learned from Arnold Schwarzenegger, too, that it's O.K. to be pluggish.
There's a lot of Dave mania when I speak.
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.
My mom obviously had a problem.
I know I can be very standoffish.
My message has always been about resilience.
I buy thousands of books a year.
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.
Everyone picked on me in school because I was in foster care.
