Ted Dekker Quotes

I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals.

I found strength in what hurt me. And in my family - that's my strength as well. I'm truly grateful to be hurt as many times as I have, because I'm happy!

The scars in my face are the source of my strength.

I've had some ups and downs in my personal life, but I have overcame them.

Pain is a part of being alive, and we need to learn that. Pain does not last forever, nor is it necessarily unbeatable, and we need to be taught that.

You will find that you survive humiliation. And that's an experience of incalculable value.

That is the challenge Companion. To take what has happened to you and learn from it. Nothing is quite so destructive as pity, especially self-pity. No event in life is so terrible that one cannot rise above it.

It doesn't matter how greatly you've been hurt or how much you're hurting, it's what you do with the pain that counts. You could cry for years or you could choose to learn and grow from it.

I've overcome a lot - sexual abuse, death of a loved one, bad parents and experienced life. My nature is such I not only survived all this but I have thrived. I've always been psychologically ambitious in that I've never been willing to settle emotionally for anything less then what's needed. I've wanted more then that from life.

You've been told that you're broken. That you're damaged goods ... there is also Post-Traumatic Growth. You come back from war stronger and more sure of who you are.

The hardest thing you can do is smile when you are ill, in pain, or depressed. But this no-cost remedy is a necessary first half-step if you are to start on the road to recovery.

All of us heal in time. The strongest are born again. We only keep the scars we choose to keep.

Life keeps getting better. If anything, you start to carry a certain pride in having survived all those years.

To heal our wounds, we need courage to face them.

You're never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take.

There’s always going to be ups and downs in life and it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t feel the pain. Pain is good. It makes you stronger in time. You will realize how great the ‘great’ really is. Life is about ups and downs. You just have to be able to ride the waves.

Strength, strength is what the Upanishads speak to me from every page. This is the one great thing to remember, it has been the one great lesson I have been taught in my life; strength, it says, strength, O man, be not weak. Are there no human weaknesses? - says man. There are, say the Upanishads, but will more weakness heal them, would you try to wash dirt with dirt? Will sin cure sin, weakness cure weakness? Strength, O man, strength, say the Upanishads, stand up and be strong.

The pain of yesterday is the strength of today.

You are not defined by your past. You are prepared by your past.

I would have to say that my divorce was an incredibly difficult experience in my life, but I am truly thankful for it. It made me a stronger and better person.

We all have unfair situations and things we don't like. You can get bitter, discouraged and sour, or you can see it as fertilizer and say, “ This difficulty is not going to defeat me; it's going to promote me. It's not going to hinder me; it's going to help me.” Don't just go through it, grow through it.

Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.

I may have some things tougher than the average person, but there are a lot of people who are going through worse things than me. I can't live in fear.

If something hurtful enters your body, you create something beautiful to protect yourself from it. That's my philosophy.

I went through some pretty rough patches in my life, and I've come out of them a stronger, more inspired, and energetic person.