Dave Pelzer
Dave Pelzer
David James "Dave" Pelzer is an American author, of several autobiographical and self-help books. He is best known for his 1995 memoir of childhood abuse, A Child Called "It"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMemoirist
Date of Birth29 December 1960
CityDaly City, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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You're Generation Next. Cowboy up. We're supposed to expect greatness from you. You wanna be great, you gotta be great in everything you do every day. Righteousness always prevails. If you're good-hearted and good-headed, no matter what happens to you, you will prevail.
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This is your homework assignment. From this moment on the B.S. stops. The whining stops. Be nice. Do three nice things every day. Cowboy up.
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Life can be tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid. You think you got problems? Get in my private jet and we'll go to Somalia or Rwanda. I'll drop you off in the middle of Baghdad.
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When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose you self-worth in the process.
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Even in its darkest passages, the heart is unconquerable. It is important that the body survives, but it is more meaningful that the human spirit prevails.
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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.
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David what your mother did to you was wrong. Verry wrong.No child deserves to be treated like that. She's sick.
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I plan my life in 15-minute sections.
lying dark past
It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on the a brighter world.
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I had an attachment disorder.
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You have to understand that in a person's life there are a few precious moments in which decisions, choices that you make now, will affect you for the rest of your life.
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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.
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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.
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Build on past successes, be grateful for what you do have, and know that this, too, shall pass. It's only for the now. Whatever we're facing, it's not forever.