--- title: "3 Victim Thinking Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 3 Victim Thinking quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Victim Thinking sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/jenni-schaefer-22271_determined_in-the-past-i-was-a-perpetual-victim-how_273643.jpg" --- > [In the past, I was a perpetual victim; how I was doing in any given moment depended on what happened to me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/in-the-past-i-was-a-perpetual-victim-how-i-was-doing-in-any-given/) [Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/jenni-schaefer-22271_determined_in-the-past-i-was-a-perpetual-victim-how_273643.jpg) > [Blame and victim thinking are so ingrained into the fabric of our society it's hard to find a role model anywhere who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-g-miller/blame-and-victim-thinking-are-so-ingrained-into-the-fabric-of-our/) [John G. Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-g-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/324/john-g-miller-29029_accountability_blame-and-victim-thinking-are-so-ingrain_1911670.png) > [“There is a belief advanced today, and in some cases by conservative black authors, that poor children and particularly black children should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/there-is-a-belief-advanced-today-and-in-some-cases-by-conservative/) [Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/jonathan-kozol-2747_athletic-competition_there-is-a-belief-advanced-today-and-in_2800993.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/victim-thinking/#itemlist", "name": "Victim Thinking Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the past, I was a perpetual victim; how I was doing in any given moment depended on what happened to me. Today I do my best to avoid this kind of 'victim thinking.' 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They see suburban schools on television and they see them when they travel for athletic competitions. It is a waste of time to worry whether we should tell them something they could tell to us. 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