--- title: "1 Counseling Quotes By Viktor Frankl" description: "1 Counseling quotes by Viktor Frankl. Plus more from Viktor Frankl and more Counseling sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/viktor-frankl-18420_counseling_we-had-to-learn-ourselves-and-furthermor_2157277.jpg" --- > [“We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We need to stop asking about the meaning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/we-had-to-learn-ourselves-and-furthermore-we-had-to-teach-the-2/) [Viktor Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-frankl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/viktor-frankl-18420_counseling_we-had-to-learn-ourselves-and-furthermor_2157277.jpg) ## Other authors on Counseling - [asa don brown 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/counseling/asa-don-brown/) ## More by Viktor Frankl > [“The experiences of camp life show that man does have a choice of action… There were enough examples, often of a heroic nature, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/the-experiences-of-camp-life-show-that-man-does-have-a-choice-of/) [Viktor Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-frankl/) > [Being tolerant does not mean that I share another ones belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another ones right to believe, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/being-tolerant-does-not-mean-that-i-share-another-ones-belief-but-it/) [Viktor Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-frankl/) > [“Each of us has his own inner concentration camp... We must deal with, with forgiveness and patience-as full human beings, as we are and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/each-of-us-has-his-own-inner-concentration-camp-we-must-deal-with/) [Viktor Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-frankl/) > [Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/everyone-has-his-own-specific-vocation-or-mission-in-life-everyone/) [Viktor Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-frankl/) > [Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life¦ Therein he cannot be reíplaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyones task…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/everyone-has-his-own-specific-vocation-or-mission-in-life-therein-he/) [Viktor Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-frankl/) > [“Precisely this one, which I had intended to be published anonymously so that it could never build any reputation on the part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/precisely-this-one-which-i-had-intended-to-be-published-anonymously/) [Viktor Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-frankl/) > [“Wouldn't it suffice just to refer to decent people? It is true that they form a minority. More than that, they always will remain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/wouldn-t-it-suffice-just-to-refer-to-decent-people-it-is-true-that/) [Viktor Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-frankl/) > [“If you treat people to a vision of themselves, if you apparently overrate them, you make them become what they are capable of becoming.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/if-you-treat-people-to-a-vision-of-themselves-if-you-apparently/) [Viktor Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-frankl/) > [“Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/live-as-if-you-were-living-already-for-the-second-time-and-as-if-you-2/) [Viktor Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-frankl/) > [“What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/what-was-really-needed-was-a-fundamental-change-in-our-attitude-2/) [Viktor Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-frankl/) > [“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal, a freely chosen task. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/what-man-actually-needs-is-not-a-tensionless-state-but-rather-the-2/) [Viktor Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-frankl/) > [“Man does not simply exist, but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/man-does-not-simply-exist-but-always-decides-what-his-existence-will-2/) [Viktor Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-frankl/) > [“This uniqueness and singleness which distinguishes each individual and gives a meaning to his existence has a bearing on creative work as much as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/this-uniqueness-and-singleness-which-distinguishes-each-individual-2/) [Viktor Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-frankl/) > [“We have absolutely no control over what happens to us in life but what we have paramount control over is how we respond to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/we-have-absolutely-no-control-over-what-happens-to-us-in-life-but/) [Viktor Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-frankl/) > [“Human potential at its best is to transform a tragedy into a personal triumph, to turn one's predicament into a human achievement.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-frankl/human-potential-at-its-best-is-to-transform-a-tragedy-into-a-personal/) [Viktor Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-frankl/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/counseling/viktor-frankl/#itemlist", "name": "1 Counseling Quotes By Viktor Frankl", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. 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