--- title: "13 Survivor Victim Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Survivor Victim quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Survivor Victim sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01c/j-l-higgs-244577_survivor_be-a-survivor-not-a-victim-3005612_3005612.jpg" --- > [“Be a Survivor, Not a Victim”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-l-higgs/be-a-survivor-not-a-victim/) [J.L. Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-l-higgs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01c/j-l-higgs-244577_survivor_be-a-survivor-not-a-victim-3005612_3005612.jpg) > [“Ava Elizabeth Baker you make yourself a survivor, not a victim.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-clark/ava-elizabeth-baker-you-make-yourself-a-survivor-not-a-victim/) [Melinda Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-clark/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a9/melinda-clark-262081_survivor_ava-elizabeth-baker-you-make-yourself-a_2717962.jpg) > [“Ava Elizabeth Baker you make yourself a survivor, not a victim. Become an exception and not a rule.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-gulla/ava-elizabeth-baker-you-make-yourself-a-survivor-not-a-victim-become/) [Nicole Gulla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-gulla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/nicole-gulla-10517_love_ava-elizabeth-baker-you-make-yourself-a_441401.jpg) > [“Coming to terms with incest is not easy. Learning to be a survivor, not a victim, gives new meaning to life”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynette-gould/coming-to-terms-with-incest-is-not-easy-learning-to-be-a-survivor-not/) [Lynette Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynette-gould/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d83/lynette-gould-106939_childhood-abuse_coming-to-terms-with-incest-is-not-easy_1204232.jpg) > [Someone once asked me how I held my head up so high after all I've been through. I told them because no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/someone-once-asked-me-how-i-held-my-head-up-so-high-after-all-i-ve/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/anonymous-1_life_someone-once-asked-me-how-i-held-my-head_2209478.jpg) > [Despite all the things I have been through in my life, I will continue to hold my head up high and move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/despite-all-the-things-i-have-been-through-in-my-life-i-will-continue/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15d/anonymous-1_being-confident_despite-all-the-things-i-have-been-throu_1867936.jpg) > [Someone once asked me how I hold my head up so high after all ive been through.I said its because no matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irisjc/someone-once-asked-me-how-i-hold-my-head-up-so-high-after-all-ive/) [IrisJC](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irisjc/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65b/irisjc-26699_survival_someone-once-asked-me-how-i-hold-my-head_2029046.jpg) > [I'm a survivor. But I'm also victim, too. Surviving has the connotation that you've been through it, you lived through it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-m-a-survivor-but-i-m-also-victim-too-surviving-has-the-connotation/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/margaret-cho-1136_connotation_i-m-a-survivor-but-i-m-also-victim-too-s_3073820.jpg) > [“So when life breaks you pick up the pieces and keep moving. Otherwise, you stay broken. And instead of being a survivor,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-hunter/so-when-life-breaks-you-pick-up-the-pieces-and-keep-moving-otherwise/) [Elizabeth Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-hunter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/elizabeth-hunter-4911_life_so-when-life-breaks-you-pick-up-the-piec_1083041.jpg) > [Someone once asked me how I hold my head up so high after all I have been through. I said it's because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-buckley/someone-once-asked-me-how-i-hold-my-head-up-so-high-after-all-i-have/) [Patricia Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-buckley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a6/patricia-buckley-268267_heads-up_someone-once-asked-me-how-i-hold-my-head_328491.png) > [“I use the term survivor to describe what some might call a victim. I hope you can embrace the word survivor because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-thomas/i-use-the-term-survivor-to-describe-what-some-might-call-a-victim-i/) [Shannon Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b25/shannon-thomas-3888_compliment_i-use-the-term-survivor-to-describe-what_339494.jpg) > [“WHE YOU FOCUS ON HEALING AND OVERCOME A TRAGEDY OR CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE, YOU BECOME A SURVIVOR, NOT A VICTIM ANYMORE.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-alfiori/whe-you-focus-on-healing-and-overcome-a-tragedy-or-change-in-your/) [Linda Alfiori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-alfiori/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/linda-alfiori-32058_change_whe-you-focus-on-healing-and-overcome-a_2192271.jpg) > [I am a survivor and not a victim. Life isn't perfect. When you get a knock, you have to get up, dust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patsy-kensit/i-am-a-survivor-and-not-a-victim-life-isn-t-perfect-when-you-get-a/) [Patsy Kensit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patsy-kensit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c53/patsy-kensit-25874_down-and_i-am-a-survivor-and-not-a-victim-life-is_831021.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/survivor-victim/#itemlist", "name": "Survivor Victim Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Be a Survivor, Not a Victim”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J.L. 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