Jane McGonigal Quotes

I'd spent my childhood thinking bad things, bad things every day. It had made me sick, but it had made me determined.

A traumatic event doesn't doom us to suffer indefinitely. Instead, we can use it as a springboard to unleash our best qualities and lead happier lives.

A lot of people deal with things that are bad. Once you've been through something, you grow from it and you take a lot in. You can always turn it into something positive.

I was never at my best when I was at my worst. When I did do good stuff in the past, it was because I was able to transcend the parts of my being that weren't healthy.

When I started out the videos, I was dealing with depression, and I wanted to make inspiring videos for others, which would end up inspiring me in turn. I wanted to show the world that it was possible to make a positive switch in life and start over.

I wrote 'Option B' because I want other people to know it can get better, and I want to help people make it better.

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

I think I learned to overcome some things in life through dance.

I am so happy I have been able to channel all the things that I went through when I was younger and make them into something positive.

You can either be the sickness in your world or you can be the cure.

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.

As a matter of fact I had a terribly traumatic childhood. But afterward I sort of reraised myself.

When you go through a loss, a disappointment or a bad break up, don't expect to come out the same. Expect to come out better off than you were before.

Trauma is survivable, but often not much more. It kills you while allowing you to still live.

Growing up, I looked to people who had the same issues as me and were still living great lives.

I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.

I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those tears.

Oprah is wildly successful, and she's a brilliant businesswoman. She's also somebody who's overcome a ton of demons in her own life, and that's really what shaped her. I think the same could be said for me.

My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.

Learning what all you can overcome as a person, as a human being, is very important. It's very important to understand your strength. Which is not to say you become hardened or bitter.

When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.

For me, the stronger ground I have in my personal life, then the more will I have to fight the good fight.

Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we're taking on too little of what really strengthens us.

What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.

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.