Asa Don Brown > Quotes

“Self-talk reflects your innermost feelings.”
― Dr. Asa Don Brown

“All children should be taught to unconditionally accept, approve, admire, appreciate, forgive, trust, and ultimately, love their own person.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Trauma does not have to occur by abuse alone...”
― Asa Don Brown, The Effects of Childhood Trauma on Adult Perception and Worldview

“Childhood trauma does not come in one single package.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Boundaries are, in simple terms, the recognition of personal space.”
― Asa Don Brown, The Effects of Childhood Trauma on Adult Perception and Worldview

“Children are barometers of the chaos that exists within their lives.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Forgiveness must be initiated before life can begin.”
― Asa Don Brown, Waiting to Live

“Personal responsibility is the willingness to completely accept choices that we have made throughout our life.”
― Dr. Asa Don Brown

“Challenge the negative by focusing on the positive of life.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Resiliency is the essence of a global positive framework...”
― Asa Don Brown, The Effects of Childhood Trauma on Adult Perception and Worldview

“Change: How much do you want it? Change: How much do you need it?”
― Asa Don Brown, Waiting to Live

“Life is a combination of our positive and negative choices.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Our human quest is to survive; our spiritual quest is to unite.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Remind children that their successes and failures are not representations of their worth.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Pure happiness and peace are at their peak when your body is in harmony with itself.”
― Asa Don Brown, Waiting to Live

“If you wait to live you will never succeed. Living begins today and it begins within you.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Blame and shame are simply mind games.”
― Dr. Asa Don Brown

“Resiliency is not gender-, age-, or intellectually specific...”
― Asa Don Brown

“Shame and blame should have no place in our body, mind, or spirit.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Secure attachment has been linked to a child's ability to successfully recover and prove resilient in the presence of a traumatic event.”
― Asa Don Brown, The Effects of Childhood Trauma on Adult Perception and Worldview

“Your core beliefs are the central part of your internal belief system.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Be clear with your desires.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Life is a purposeful action.”
― Asa Don Brown

“I, too, have made many mistakes, but one valuable lesson that I have learned is that we cannot allow our mistakes to become our identity.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Our perceptions are influenced by our surroundings.”
― Asa Don Brown, Waiting to Live

“Love is a sacrificial item”
― Asa Don Brown

“Your spiritual mind is greater than your physical mind.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Responsibility is the admission that you have a role in this game called life.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Flow is the ability to be so focused that all of life's obstacles seemingly and smoothly pass you by.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Be motivated. No one else can achieve or receive the merits of happiness on your behalf.”
― Asa Don Brown