More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children.

Quote by John Powell

Topics: Abuse Quotes, Justice Quotes

A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows.

A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows.

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...

Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of...

Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of...

Blessed is he who has learned to laugh at himself, for he shall never cease...

Blessed is he who has learned to laugh at himself, for he shall never cease...

Communication works for those who work at it.

Communication works for those who work at it.

Anytime we can take narcotics off the street it is significant because it takes them...

Anytime we can take narcotics off the street it is significant because it takes them...

Blacks are about seven times more likely to live in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty than...

Blacks are about seven times more likely to live in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty than...

The only love worthy of a name is unconditional.

The only love worthy of a name is unconditional.

A good listener truly wants to know the speaker.

A good listener truly wants to know the speaker.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

When I repress my emotions, my stomach keeps score

When I repress my emotions, my stomach keeps score

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me.

No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me.

There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient...

There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures....

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures....

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a...

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a...

What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasingly...

What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasingly...

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but...

There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but...