Dorothea Dix Quotes

Instead of being ashamed of what you've been through, be proud of what you have overcome!

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

Yes, I now that you feel you are not strong enough. That's what the enemy thinks too. But we're gonna fool them.

I want people to understand that tragedy and trial does not necessarily mean that you are a victim.

I believe my past is my strength.

You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you're supposed to use whatever happen to you as some type of upper, not a downer.

If your life just falls apart early on, you can put it together again. It's the people who are always on the brink of crisis who don't hit bottom who are in trouble.

When people criticize me, instead of putting my head down, it gives me energy to do even more.

You look at a guy like Lance Armstrong, and you have to be inspired. I sat next to Kirk Douglas the other day, and he's inspiring for fighting through his stroke.

I'm not interested in playing the victim. I like stories about survivors.

Challenges are meant to be met and overcome.

Every time somebody calls me out or tries to start something, it's motivation.

The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.

Like all women, I've had a pretty awful time in many ways, but it's always possible to either make a joke or find someone else.

I want to be a role model and I want to show kids that you can be strong and overcome adversity.

If I'm going to be a pessimist, then I should just stop writing for young people because that's too heavy a burden to put on young readers. But also, I get to meet with people who have waded through horrible things, and they get up every morning, and they try to do their best.

People face difficulties, no matter who you are. I faced difficulties with a lot of things. I face opposition every day, but I didn't kill myself and now, thank God, I'm here.

I thank every bully I ever had because that's the only reason I'm here. I learned how to not be affected by it and triumph over it, and that made me - again, if I had any success whatsoever, it's because these people made fun of me.

I know how to swim through backlash. I can tread water through backlash... If anything, that's all giving me power.

I guess it is ironical that I have a chance to say to Jesse Jackson, 'You need to be mature. You need to be positive. You need to be bigger than the folks who are trying to tear you down.'

I learned that when life pulls you under, you can kick against the bottom, break the surface, and breathe again.

I'm going to talk about my struggles and come-up.

I want the other Victorias out there, the people that are suffering or going through something, to keep fighting.

The more people that write me off, the stronger I get.

Not a day goes past when I don't think how grateful I am I survived, that I recovered and that I feel like a young woman again.