Work is the only only only remedy for life: for happiness, for interest, for stability, for security. Hard, willed work. Oh work! Elizabeth Smart More Quotes by Elizabeth Smart More Quotes From Elizabeth Smart This life is a test, and we're put down here to make choices. The truth is, the bad choices of other people can hurt us. Elizabeth Smart truth hurt life people I think forgiveness is probably one of the greatest forms of self-love there is because you don't do forgiveness for anybody else. My captors will never care if I forgive them... It will not make a day of difference to them at all, but it will make a huge difference to me. Elizabeth Smart day me you forgiveness I see myself as a survivor, and I'm not ashamed to say I'm a survivor. To me, survivor implies strength, implies that I have been through something and I made it out the other side. Elizabeth Smart see myself me strength I was broken beyond repair. Elizabeth Smart repair beyond broken There's only one of you in the entire history of the world, and there will only ever be one of you. Elizabeth Smart will you history world I will never regret being there for my children, watching them, making sure they'll be okay. But I might regret not being there for them. Elizabeth Smart will never regret children It is wrong for any person to ever judge someone in any situation saying, 'Well, why didn't you try to run? Why didn't you scream? Why didn't you try to do something?' That is so wrong and, frankly, offensive to even ask that question. Elizabeth Smart saying judge you situation You are always special. Nothing can change that. Elizabeth Smart nothing you change special I don't feel famous personally, and I feel like when most people get to know me, they're like, 'Oh, she's just the same as everybody else.' Elizabeth Smart feel know me people That was very comforting to me to hold onto that belief, that I did have a heavenly Father who was watching over me. Elizabeth Smart watching me belief father When I look in the mirror, I also see a mother and a wife and someone I am proud to be. I see an advocate. I see a survivor. Elizabeth Smart mirror i-am wife mother If I get to the end of my life, if I die, and I find out religion is one big lie, I still won't regret it because it's helped me to live a better life, to be a better person, to care about people, to believe in forgiveness, to believe in hope. Elizabeth Smart me forgiveness hope life Even when I get on airplanes, very often, as I walk down the aisle, I notice a lot of people staring or whispering. I recognize the fact that yes, to a lot of people, I will always be that 14-year-old girl who was kidnapped and who was held captive. Elizabeth Smart walk down girl people My parents have raised me to believe in a kind and a loving God and someone who cares about me, who is always there for me, and who would never wish harm or illness or any kind of tragedy upon me. Elizabeth Smart parents me god believe Usually, my husband is a pretty good rock, a pretty good sounding board... He definitely brings a center of gravity into my life. Elizabeth Smart my-life good husband life I can say I have forgiven my captors. That being said, I never want to see them again. I'm not OK with they did to me. Elizabeth Smart never see me i-can The #MeToo campaign is monumental. It is giving a voice to so many too scared to speak out before. Elizabeth Smart scared voice speak giving Religion has been a huge part of my life. Elizabeth Smart my-life been life religion My children have brought so much happiness and joy. To me, they're the very definition of love. Elizabeth Smart me happiness love children I'm grateful for rain because, when I was kidnapped, that meant that I had something to drink. Elizabeth Smart something drink grateful rain
