“If you don't feel comfortable with the Red Cross, anything that you feel comfortable sending money to -- that you know is going to get to the hurricane victims -- send money. Because that's what you can do to help. And a lot of prayers. Lots of prayers.” IfsKnowsFeelsHelpingCan DoPrayerComfortComfortableRedCrossesVictimHurricanesRed Cross Author:Tim McGraw
“I've always had this vision that the touring lifestyle is so unsustainable. But I have faith that I can do it, and I don't become a victim of my job or my work. And I can remove my self-worth from what I make and how many people show up.” PeopleI CanSelfShowsJobsCan DoVisionVictimLifestyleSelf WorthRemoveHave FaithTouringI Can Do ItMy Self Worth Author:Thao Nguyen
“It's unilaterally true that it costs more to maintain the death penalty than the alternatives to it, and we can leverage more resources to victims families. We can do all sorts of creative ways of healing the pain that people have done by channeling the energy and resources to other more redemptive forms of justice.” PeopleWayDonePainFormEnergyCan DoJusticeHealingCreativeCostResourcesVictimAlternativesPenaltiesDeath PenaltyChanneling Author:Shane Claiborne
“The victim should have the right to end his life, if he wants. But I think it would be a great mistake. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there's life, there is hope.” IfsThinkingWantShouldMayEndsSeemsWould BeCan DoMistakeSucceedShould HaveVictimGreat MistakesThere Is HopeBad Life Author:Stephen Hawking
“No one in the world can change Truth. What we can do and should do is to seek truth and to serve it when we have found it. The real conflict is the inner conflict. Beyond armies of occupation and the hecatombs [e.g. the sacrifice of many victims] of extermination camps, there are two irreconcilable enemies in the depth of every soul: good and evil, sin and love. And what use are the victories on the battlefield if we ourselves are defeated in our innermost personal selves?” IfsWorldShouldTwoRealSoulSelfUseEvilFoundCan DoSinBusinessEnemySacrificeSocietyVictoryConflictEthicsAnd LoveArmyVictimDepthGood And EvilOccupationCampsDefeatedBattlefieldsExterminationInner ConflictSin And Love Author:Maximilian Kolbe
“We have a society in which one of the greatest things you can do is a platform to see victim status, and one of the qualifications for that is that you have these exquisitely tender feelings about things and sensibilities which are easily offended.” FeelingsLiteratureCan DoVictimPlatformsSensibilityOffendedQualificationsEasily OffendedTender Feelings Author:Brit Hume
“There is nothing worse than having an enemy who is a total loser. It's incredibly frustrating when seeking revenge against one, because you come to the realization that there is really nothing you can do to make the person's life worse than it already is. They have nothing to take; there is no way to screw them over if you have been their victim. It's maddening.” IfsWayPersonsHas BeensCan DoEnemyVictimSeekingRevengeRealizationSunsetFrustrationLoserScrewsFrustratingAnger And FrustrationSeeking Revenge Author:Ashly Lorenzana
“If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury. Therefore what he must be taught to fear is his victim.” IfsDoeCan DoCrimeTaughtJudgingPoliceVictimViolentJurySelf DefenseShooterSelf DefenceViolent CrimesFelons Book:Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition Source: Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition
“Many of us have had the attitude that life is something that happens to us and that all we can do is make the best of it. It is basically a victim's position, giving power to people and things outside of ourselves. We are beginning to realize that the power rests in us, that we can choose to create our life the way we want it to be.” PeopleWayWantLifeGivingHappensLife IsCan DoRealizingAttitudeOur LivesPositionVictimMake The Best Of It Book:Reflections in the Light: Daily Thoughts and Affirmations Source: Reflections in the Light: Daily Thoughts and Affirmations
“Letting go does not mean pushing away or negating thoughts or feelings that come to us - but instead being with the feeling. We start to feel that we are no longer victims of the stuff that happens to us. There is something we can do about it... if we just take a look at it.” IfsFeelsLooksMeanDoeFeelingsHappensStuffCan DoLetting GoVictimPushingPushing Away Author:Krishna Das