518 Quotes About Survivor

You are more than a survivor. You have been transformed.

Be at peace with where you've been and where you are. That's how you win the battlefield of the mind.

He looked him right in the eyes and saw a man who was great and good and human, who had done extraordinary things and terrible things and been broken and reassembled as a shell, only then to do the bravest thing of all: He had kept on living, though there are easier paths to take.

So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the opportunity to define your own reality. You can say: This did happen to me. It was that bad. It was the fault & responsibility of the adult. I was—and am—innocent.” The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis

The survivor is afraid to change, while the living is afraid of not feeling the fear of change.

You may have fallen down, but you can get back up again. You may have doors shut, but new doors will open for you. You may have been lied on, but the truth will come to the light. You may have been hurt, but the pain will pass. You are a survivor. You have a history of surviving.

The feeling of homelessness suddenly turned into something else. I called it freedom to wander.

Since our problems have been our own creationThey also can be overcomeWhen we use the power provided free to everyone This is love

Freedom lies in examining the choices available to us and examining the consequences of those choices. The more choices you have, the less you’re going to feel like a victim.